<p>This yearlong workshop guides you through 52 weekly lessons that not only improve your technical skills but refine your personal style, preferences, and expression. The first half of the year focuses on learning and polishing the building blocks -- such as line, perspective, and shading -- while the second empowers you to make choices and question "methods". Each week includes an introductory quote from art history, what (and how) to practice for the specific lesson, and further -- if you have time -- suggestions to build on. Going beyond simple step-by-step, each lesson also includes works by artists in other mediums to look up, rooting the theme in its broader artistic context. By the final assessment lesson of week 52, you will be more skilful and knowledgeable about drawing, and about yourself as an artist.</p>

The Little Drawing Workshop: 52 Weeks of Drawing Lessons and Skill Building

Arts & Photography

Lauricella, Michel

CAZO, Magali

Drawing

Schiffer Craft

<p>In this book, Michel Lauricella presents both his artistic and systematic methods for drawing the human body―with drawing techniques from the écorché (showing the musculature underneath the skin) to sketches of models in action. In more than 1000 illustrations, the human body is shown from a new perspective―from bone structure to musculature, from anatomical detail to the body in motion. <i>Morpho</i> is a rich, fascinating, and helpful book that can go with you everywhere on your sketching journey.</p>

Morpho: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 1)

Graphic Design

Rocky Nook

<p>This small, portable book presents a unique perspective on the human body for artists to study and implement in their drawing work. In this book, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella simplifies the human body into basic, synthetic shapes and forms, offering profound insight for artists of all kinds, sparking the imagination and improving one’s observational abilities. Rather than going the traditional route of memorizing a repertoire of poses, Lauricella instead stresses learning this small collection of forms, which can then be combined and shaped into the more complex and varied forms and postures we see in the living body.</p> <p>(Publisher's Note: This book features an “exposed” binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <ul>Foreword</ul>
<ul>Introduction</ul>
<ul>Head and Neck</ul>
<ul>Torso and Shoulders</ul>
<ul>Upper Limbs</ul>
<ul>Lower Limbs</ul>
<ul>Resources</ul>

Morpho: Simplified Forms: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 2)

<p>This book provides a simplified and practical vision of the human skeleton to help you in your drawing studies. Here you will find the most common and useful approaches to the body's underlying skeleton and bone structure, which will fuel your imagination and enrich your observational skills as you draw the living form. In this small, portable guide, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella focuses on the essentials you need to know, creating a book that is highly usable and helpful for artists of all kinds. </p> <p>(Publisher's Note: This book features an “exposed” binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <ul>Foreword</ul>
<ul>Introduction</ul>
<ul>Head and Neck</ul>
<ul>Torso and Shoulders</ul>
<ul>Upper Limbs</ul>
<ul>Lower Limbs</ul>
<ul>Resources</ul>

Morpho: Skeleton and Bone Reference Points: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 3)

<p>In <i>Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds</i>, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body. The typical approach to teaching anatomy and the sketching of the human form most often focuses on the skeleton and musculature. What often goes ignored is the skin itself―how it moves and the expressions it creates as the body moves and changes positions. This book presents a simplified and practical vision of the fat and skin folds of the human body to help you in your drawing studies, encouraging both accuracy and a rich, diverse representation of the human form. Geared toward artists of all levels―from beginners through professionals―this handy, pocket-sized book will help spark your imagination and creativity. </p> <p>(Publisher's Note: This book features an “exposed” binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <ul>Foreword</ul>
<ul>Introduction</ul>
<ul>Head and Neck</ul>
<ul>Torso and Shoulders</ul>
<ul>Upper Limbs</ul>
<ul>Lower Limbs</ul>
<ul>Resources</ul>

Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 4)

<p><p>In Morpho: Joint forms and muscular functions, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a mechanical view of the human body. In the same way that paleontologists work, we can deduce the body's muscular functions by studying the shapes of the bones. Starting with the joints, which are reduced to simple shapes such as pulleys and spheres, Lauricella teaches you their connections and correspondences with the muscular system, which is necessary for understanding movement.</p> <p>Geared toward artists of all levels, from beginners through professionals, this handy, pocket-sized book will facilitate your practice of imaginative drawing and will enrich your drawing from observation.</p> <p>(Publisher's Note: This book features an "exposed" binding style. This is intentional as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Foreword</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Introduction</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Head and Neck</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Torso</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Upper Limbs</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Lower Limbs</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Resources</div></p>

Morpho: Joint Forms and Muscular Functions: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 6)

<p><p>In <i>Morpho: Muscled Bodies</i>, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body. Bodybuilder athletes offer us an ideal repertoire of shapes and proportions for the representation of the superheroes and superheroines we find in comic books, animated films, cinema, and video games. This book is for those who are interested in the design, modeling, and animation of such characters, whether they're mythical, realistic, or fantastic.</p> <p>Geared toward artists of all levels--from beginners through professionals--this handy, pocket-sized book will help spark your imagination and creativity.</p> <p>(Publisher's Note: This book features an "exposed" binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)</p> <p>Table of Contents</p> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Foreword</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Introduction</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Head and Neck</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Torso and Shoulders</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Upper Limbs</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Lower Limbs</div> <div style="margin-left: 2em">Resources</div></p>

Morpho: Muscled Bodies: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 7)

<p>In Morpho: Clothing Folds and Creases, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw clothing. By connecting the underlying anatomy to clothing, as well as considering the body's posture and movement, you can learn to draw accurate and realistic clothing. Whether you're interested in art, animation, or fashion, this book is a great resource for anyone sketching or drawing clothing.<br />
Geared toward artists of all levels―from beginners through professionals―this handy, pocket-sized book will help spark your imagination and creativity.<br />
(Publisher's Note: This book features an “exposed” binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)<br />
Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Head and Neck Torso and Shoulders Upper Limbs Lower Limbs Resources</p>

Morpho: Clothing Folds and Creases: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho Anatomy for Artists, 8)

<p>Improve your skills and techniques for drawing mammals!<br />
This small, portable book presents more than 500 drawings for 100 species of mammals, collected into categories of habitat—land, water, and air. In this book, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella defines the anatomical characteristics that are common to this class of animals (to which humans also belong) and demonstrates the links between form and function for mammals based on their behaviors, such as burrowing, walking, running, leaping, climbing, flying, and swimming. The instruction and drawings in this book offer profound insights for artists of all kinds, helping you in both your observational drawing of mammals and your creation of imaginary animals so that they appear realistic and believable.<br />
Geared toward artists of all levels, from beginners through professionals, this handy, pocket-sized book will help spark your imagination and creativity. Whether your interest is in fine arts, realistic representation, game design, or creating comic book or manga art, you will find this helpful book filled with actionable insights.<br />
(Publisher's Note: This book features an “exposed” binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)\nTABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
Foreword<br />
Introduction<br />
EARTH<br />
Digging<br />
Walking<br />
Running<br />
Jumping<br />
Climbing<br />
AIR<br />
Gliding<br />
Flying<br />
WATER<br />
Swimming<br />
Resources</p>

Morpho: Mammals: Elements of Comparative Morphology (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 9)

<p>300 planches pour aborder le dessin du corps humain sous l’angle de la morphologie\nmorpho, pour une approche artistique et synthétique du dessin du corps…\nDe l’écorché au croquis de modèle vivant, Michel Lauricella propose différentes représentations du dessin du corps humain.\nEn plus de 1 000 dessins, il donne à voir le corps humain sous des angles inédits, de l’ossature à la musculature, du détail anatomique au corps en mouvement. un carnet dessiné foisonnant et fascinant, à emporter partout avec soi.</p>

Morpho: Anatomie artistique

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