Anatomy Thread of Bourbaki

#41

Bourbaki,

My apologies for the delay in getting back to you, but I’ve been caught up with the holiday, soccer, and some emergency patio cleaning (life, you know, intrudes on art) :slight_smile: but am happy to see your progress here. :slight_smile:

I like the construction you are doing, I think that’s an excellent way to go about breaking things down. Don’t worry if things are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, just try things as it’s the only way to break out of fear and to make progress. I like the way that you have broken down the nose individually ~ I would really recommend doing this breakdown for all of the individual features of the face ~ eyes, nose, lips, chin, ears, etc. ~ and also, I would recommend trying this traditionally, and if you have a camera or scanner, posting that work here for us to take a look at. :slight_smile:

A really good book which describes well the basic forms of the head and how to break down form into manageable pieces is:

Drawing the Human Head (Paperback) by Burne Hogarth

Burne has some other great books which are linked here.

I highly recommend Dynamic Figure Drawing / Dynamic Anatomy / Drawing Dynamic Hands. These are all books I have in my collection along with several others. It’s good to have a variety of books on hand.

This thread lists other good Anatomy related books:

Anatomy Resources : BOOKS

This thread might be of great use to you: :slight_smile:

THE Anatomy Forum Referral Thread - Resources by Level of Experience / Category

Specifically, see post #2, which contains links for beginners, and post #3, which has links for intermediates. Admittedly, this thread isn’t totally up to date, but has a lot there to get you started. :slight_smile:

Also there is, as I mentioned previously, this thread which contains a lot of useful links for the forum: :slight_smile:

Tutorials, Workshops, Anatomy Reviews & More … [links within]

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#42

You are watching soccer in the us? I have done some drawings on paper once i get hold of a scanner i will post the images.

#43

LOL heck yeah! :smiley: (Well, actually only the last few games, but I actually like watching soccer and tennis more than any other sports. I can’t manage to sit through baseball or golf. ) :wink:

#44

I bet though that soccer doesnt make the ppl go crazy as it does here. We are in a state of emergency here ;). The only sports i watch on tv is poker and that only if i am totally bored :wink:

#45

Update no ref used btw … i guess the lower arms are a little too long though

#46

Bourbaki,

LOL, poker! Heh, I don’t usually watch any sports on tv, but every now and then, I get swept up in the excitement. I bet it’s just pure pandemonium where you are now! Are you at all near to where any of the games are being played? :slight_smile:

I really recommend working from Reference ~ you will learn so much more that way. :slight_smile: Also, I think you might really try some traditional pieces ~ you really get so much more of the sense of the form into your system when drawing directly onto a page with a pencil or a pen. A great source for free reference photos of models is:

www.characterdesigns.com > photosets. There is a dropdown menu where you can select different sets. The images are free, and taken by a good friend of mine who is a character designer. Definitely take advantage of this great resource! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#47

Yes i live quite close to the Ruhrgebiet where a lot of games where. And its totally crazy here. Its even not at all important which team wins they are honking all night long and such. Well i kind of dislike to use refferences because i cant manage to look on the ref and the image and so but ill try to go for it.

#48

Small update, ill at least finish this one.
I dont know if i am totally wrong or if that maybe just accounts for me but when i copy from ref pics i torally dont get it how to construct all these things. Maybe if i would deconstruct the ref pics that is lay primitive objects over the ref pic i might be able to get it.

#49

Bourbaki,

Heh, yes I bet it’s total chaos there! :slight_smile: I personally try to avoid crowds, but I’m sure it’s exciting to have the world descend upon your home country. :slight_smile:

As I mentioned earlier, I think what will really help you with structure is to do some traditional drawings / master copies from the Portraits thread. :slight_smile: Hope to see some!

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#50

I think i will try to copy this piece here next its one of my favorite pictures and one of the artists i like best because of his often funny paintings.

#51

Bourbaki,

That seems cool, but I would make sure to find a better reference for this image before starting. What is the artist’s name? You might try looking here:

www.artrenewal.org

Also, I highly recommend doing a traditional sketch first, scanning it, and painting on top.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#52

His name is Carl Spitzweg, here are some more paintings of him
http://www.reproarte.com/painter/Carl_Spitzweg/index.html

I also totally love the bookworm :slight_smile: cause these two pictures are describeing me quite good :wink:

For the traditional pencil thingies, i will scan some of the things i have drawn soon and will also start a sketchbook i think. Id also like to get some oil pastel chalks or something like that to colour the sketches do you have any recommendations?

#53

Here two drawings of mine i have scanned

#54

Bourbaki,

Nice to see these! :slight_smile: Are they recent, or older?

What I’d really like to see you try is to draw one feature, such as the eye, and to really break it down in terms of planes, and to draw a detailed version. I think that will really help you to look more closely at forms, and to translate them onto the page. What do you think?

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#55

HuHu,
Well these are recent drawings of mine.
Here my trial of constructing an eye.
I have to admit that i havent been able though to decompose it into triangles.
I had the idea to draw a rectangle then build a hemisphere on this rectangle.
Then i draw the eyelid over the hemissphere the more halfcircles you draw on the rectangle the easier it gets to follow the surface of the eyeball. The last thing to do then is to find the sillouhette of the eyeball between the eyelids.

I think the image shows the method best and it also uses 3 half circles.
I think though that since the sillouhette is most important to find it surfices that you draw the “offside” halfcircles that is the ones that show the eyeballs surfaces you wouldnt see.




If you can point me to a place where i can see an eye that is constructed with triangles id be happy to see it.

Sorry for the last image i scanned a page that was drawn on both sides.

#56

Update

#57

Bourbaki,

Good to see your work! :slight_smile: Am headed out of town for a bit, but I really recommend purchasing one or more of Burne Hogarth’s books. Try this one for example. He does excellent breakdowns which make form much more easy to understand.

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#58

Another try for a head construction

#59

Hey, where you at?

Get back here :slight_smile:

#60

Some new pictures of mine.