Sketching Women: Learn to Draw Lifelike Female Figures, A Complete Course for Beginners - over 600 illustrations

by Studio Atelier 21, Tsubura Kadomaru (Editor)

Overview

In Sketching Women, three professional studio artists (Kozo Ueda, PhD, Takahiro Okada, PhD and Minoru Hirota, PhD) join forces to show you how to sketch the female figure through 55 step-by-step drawing lessons.

Each instructor walks you through their philosophy for croquis sketching. Croquis sketches are quickly-rendered drawings that capture the essentials of a subject's form and pose with relatively few expressive lines.

There are four levels of sketching described in the book:

• 1-minute croquis: very rapid gesture drawings that capture only the artist's impressions of the form, and where the pencil stays in contact with the paper for practically the entire session
• 2-minute croquis: another quick sketch, but with more attention paid to the character and rhythm of the lines and how they help to express the essence of the form
• 5-minute croquis: a more finished drawing where added tonal variations suggest volume and anatomical details
• 10-minute croquis: more of a finished drawing than true croquis, the longer session allows the luxury of adding fine details such as the facial expression, the character of the hands and clothing texture

Learn to sketch the following:

• Individual body parts (including faces) and their bone structure and muscles
• Standing and sitting poses
• Nudes and clothed figures
• Light and dark tonal variations
• Dynamic poses
• Color drawings

You'll quickly hone your sketching skills with this life-drawing classroom-in-a-book. The expert advice and observations, dozens of poses to study, as well as easy-to-understand notes and tips make it easy to understand how the skeleton, muscles and posture all come together to express the uniquely female form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784805316030
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	12/08/2020
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	411,829
Product dimensions:	10.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Studio Atelier 21 was founded in 1999 by three class of 1983 Tokyo University of the Arts classmates (Kozo Ueda, Takahiro Okada and Minoru Hirota). Atelier 21 is a workspace dedicated to providing inspiration and creative stimulation to these three artists. Find out more on the website atelier21.jp

• Kozo Ueda graduated with honors from the Tokyo University of the Arts' oil painting program, where he went on to complete the doctoral program. He has painted murals and exhibited his artwork in Japan.
• Takahiro Okada graduated with honors from the Tokyo University of the Arts' oil painting program, where he went on to complete the master's program. He has exhibited his award winning artwork throughout Japan.
• Minoru Hirota graduated with honors from the Tokyo University of the Arts' oil painting program, where he went on to complete the master's program. He has exhibited his artwork throughout Japan.

Edited by:
Tsubura Kadomaru has loved sketching and drawing all his life. In high school, he rehabilitated a failing art club, which he transformed into a manga and Gundam fan club where he helped to nurture the talents of future game designers and animators working in the industry today. Kadomaru studied oil painting at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He has edited many Japanese art instruction books, including Tuttle Publishing's Sketching Men.

Table of Contents

Drawing is Not Copying! 4

About Tins Book 6

1 Let's Start Croquis Drawing 7

Minoru Hirota 8

Kozo Ueda 10

Takahiro Okada 12

Three Points to Be Aware of Before You Start to Draw 14

How to Hold and Use a Pencil When Drawing 16

Don't Let the Pencil Leave the Paper While Drawing 18

How to Draw a Face 20

How to Draw a Nude 24

How to Draw a Clothed Figure (1) Drawing a Camisole Dress 28

How to Draw a Clothed Figure (2) Drawing a Flouncy Dress 36

The Human Body is Captured by Its Axis and Structure 42

In the Same Way, the Back View Is Also Defined by Its Axis and Structure 46

Drawing Tools Used by the Artists 50

2 Thirteen Key Points for Representing Figures 51

Eight Key Points for Capturing the Human Figure 52

1) Represent the Figure Based on Its Axes 52

2) Represent the Large Parts of the Figure as Blocks 56

3) Represent the Figure with Light and Dark Tones, Part 1-Five Tonal Variations 58

4) Represent the Figure with Light and Dark Tones, Part 2-Use the Anatomical Lines 60

5) Represent the Figure with Light and Dark Tones, Part 3-The Figure as a Multi-sided Object 62

6) Represent Movement-Capture the Major Flow of the Gestures of the Figure 64

7) Represent the Figure Using the Shapes of Its Gaps -Switching Between Negative and Positive 67

8) Represent the Figure with Triangles-Place the Figure Well on the Paper 68

Five Key Points for Drawing the Parts of the Body 70

1) Examine the Relationship Between the Chin and Jaw, Neck and Ear 70

2) Observe the Expressions of the Face and Hands 71

3) See the Relationship Between the Hips and the Supporting Leg 72

4) See the Shape of the Muscles-The Muscles Stretch, Tense and Twist 73

5) See the Muscles and Bones Visible on the Surface of the Body 74

Draw the Parts of the Body with Emphasis and Simplification 76

3 Three Artists, Three Ways 77

Minoru Hirota's Croquis Techniques 78

What is a 10-minute croquis? 78

What is a 5-minute croquis? 88

What is a 2-minute croquis? 92

What is a 1-minute croquis? 98

Kozo Ueda's Croquis Techniques 102

What is a 10-minute croquis? 102

What is a 5-minute croquis? 110

What is a 2-minute croquis? 114

What is a 1-minute croquis? 120

Takahiro Okada's Croquis Techniques 124

What is a 10-minute croquis? 124

What is a 5-minute croquis? 130

What is a 2-minute croquis? 134

What is a 1-minute croquis? 138

Go out in your town to do quick croquis sketches 142

4 Creating Croquis Artwork 143

Color Croquis Basics 144

Color Croquis Drawn by Minoru Hirota 146

Color Croquis Drawn by Kozo Ueda 148

Color Croquis Drawn by Takahiro Okada 150

Art Materials for Color Croquis-Pastels 152

Take the Moving Croquis Challenge 154

About the Artists' Working Environment 158

Drawbacks of the Camera Lens and Points to Be Aware of When Using Reference Photos 160

About the Artists 162