Figure Drawing: A Complete Guide (Art of Drawing)

One of the best text books I've found. Covers a lot of good techniques. Mostly pen and pencil work.

Unlike Loomis, whose illustrations are probably from the 1950's, Civardi brings you into the 21st Century with with modern, realistic, excellent illustrations in every one of his books. What I like best is that he shows you techniques, poses, of heads, bodies, anatomy,clothing (and how do shade folds of clothing, etc., without, to me, wordy discriptions and you just get it! His books are chock full of illustrations. You can't go wrong buying any one of his books, though I don't feel they are for beginners.

Would need to say this is a book to read about drawing, it explains the methods the artist used in some of their examples. It does explain some of the techniques. This is not a book which teaches you step by step, instead it describes the reasons for the technique.

Lots of pictures to draw with some instruction for beginners, he doesnt delve too much with techniques which is a shame.

I got this for my daughter who wanted to learn to draw people and she loves it. Its easy to use and has helped her greatly improve her ability to draw detailed humans.

This book is great. It has a lot of useful information and reference photos. I will get a lot of use out of this book and so will the next buyer.

Like the info great diagrams

This book is just what I wanted to teach me how to sketch.

good book

Ben fatto

Very comprehensive explanations and drawing examples. Well worth a read.

O livro é muito bom com uma explicação extensa e bastante desenhos com boa resolução, além de tentar abranger vários temas, inclusive dobras de tecido, o que torna esse livro bem versátil. Eu indico usar esse livro como estudo e também como material de consulta quando houver alguma dúvida sobre como desenhar um determinado objeto ou parte especifica; todavia há algo muito importante para se ter em mente: esse livro é para quem já sabe desenhar pelo menos o básico da figura humana e possui uma noção das proporções, pois se a pessoa não souber nada a respeito de desenho, vai se decepcionar com o mesmo porque ele não é um material para aprender métodos passo a passo. Os pontos negativos são: tamanho reduzido e poucas páginas, pois para um livro que tenta abranger vários temas eu esperava um pouco mais, mas não é algo que vai prejudicar.

So much technical information to draw from. Detailed sketches. Very professional. Well worth the price. Highly recommended.