Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life

Excellent book. Would recommend.

After reading just the first chapter of this book I can safely say it's one of the best books on drawing I have. This book truly focuses on poses, balance and rhythm; which is something missing from other books in my collection. It assumes you already have an interest in drawing and have some understanding of drawing the figure. It's not an anatomy book but fast becoming my favourite book on life drawing. Good for animators, illustrators and artists alike. If you can grab a copy, do not hesitate! It's an absolute steal at this price.

Any aspiring artist would benefit from dipping in and out of this book , it guides you through the fundamentals of form and structure ,and in so doing so , gives you that essential little kick ,to get over the white fright ,and do some drawing , just draw , and draw ! , and hey if it does not work out for you !! , go back to book and draw some more...... this book covers just about everything ,and is well worth the cost .

step by step experience on every page - really helpful text book

Earlier editions of this book were infamous because some of the drawings were printed upside down. Also they managed to be even more cryptic than the original small books in quite a few places. This edition corrects the first flaw, and also somewhat rectifies the second flaw by expanding the most difficult passages. Highly recommended--if you do any figure drawing at all, you definitely should have this book on your shelf.

Figures stylised, but no book can do everything. Good for beginners and advanced. Breaks the human form down allowing an knowledge enabling the artist to create their own images.

My dad gave me the hardback when I entered art school. It has always been the go-to resource for me with reference to understanding the form and structure of the human body. It's brilliant

helps you your drawing become more instinctive, great book, recommend

El problema que pueden encontrar al leer este libro es que necesitas tener amplio conocimiento del nombre de cada musculo del cuerpo, o no sabras de que parte estan hablando ya que no hay numeros que te digan cual parte del dibujo es, esto lo hace muy confuso.

Essa é a melhor obra possível para estudar anatomia e desenho figurativo, contanto que você já tenha uma base sólida. Recomendo ignorar o texto e copiar as figuras de capa a capa duas vezes: uma vez observando-as, e outra "de memória" (olhar a imagem, fechar o livro, e tentar desenhar o que se lembra da referência da melhor forma possível). A evolução é garantida, mas advirto: não é um livro para iniciantes!

This is a wonderful guide to help learn how to draw figures despite the "poor" quality of Bridgeman's example images. In fact, the images are rough and lack detail by design. Why?The answer is clearly indicated on head page of the book - image attached. The salient message in the 3 sentences is clear:"This is the story of blocked human form where the bending, twisting or turning of volume gives the sensation of movement held together by rhythm. It's purpose is to awaken the sense of research analysis of the structure hidden beneath. It is hoped that the ideas conveyed in the drawing and text of this book may enable the reader to carry on to independent and better ideas."Clearly, Bridgeman's purpose is not to teach you to copy by rote a book of HIS images/figures. Rather, he intends to teach you how to draw and use the building blocks of simplified human anatomy to create your own figurative art, and especially bodies in motion. Any artist wanting to learn how to draw the people they see and imagine is the ideal reader of this book. If you are looking for detailed images to copy then this book is not for you.However, if you're ready to take the next step in figurative art and render people in action - twisting, turning, running, fighting, etc. your art will benefit reading this book. Or, as the author himself said: "...enable the reader to carry on to independent and better ideas."

Bridgman is one of the biggest names in anatomy resources and this volume collects all his books for a measly $22. The publisher took his books apart and rearranged the pages by topic (body part), making this an encyclopedia of the human body. Every page is spacious, giving the art a chance to dazzle, and they retained his written instructions.

Bridgman's é, de longe, o mais famoso e mais completo autor sobre anatomia humana como referência para desenhos.Excelente livroCapa moleBoa impressãoPapel das páginas de boa qualidadeBom preço (parece caro, mas é um investimento).