Life Drawing and Figure Art

My purpose is to present what, in my experience, have proved to be the fundamentals of illustration. To the best of my belief, such fundamentals have not been organized and set forth before. So I have attempted to assemble this much-needed information, trusting that my own efforts in the active fields of illustration qualify me to do so. I shall try to make clear the fundamentals that apply to the whole pictorial effort rather than to specific draftsmanship of the figure or other units. I shall assume that you can already draw with considerable ability and have some background of experience or training.

Creative Illustration
Andrew Loomis

Drawing a celebrity is a great way to practice your portrait drawing Skills. Everybody will recognize the portrait so if you go looking for feedback from you non artistic friends you can expect some honesty in terms of your accuracy. Watch Admiral Adama come to life before your eyes.

Learning the Ideal proportions of the face is always going to be helpful when you are doing portraits. Figure Drawing Proportions should be memorized so that you can work from memory. This video has some tips to get you started.

How do we approach oil painting the figure. Most of us with trepidation. This video can help anybody just getting started in paint learn how to handle their Figure Drawing Sketches in Oil.