Anatomy for artists. Crouch D.

The artist needs to know the anatomy in order to correctly draw the human body both at rest and in movement. The book of an experienced anatomical illustrator Jennifer Crouch will help you master the art of image on paper. “Anatomy for artists” is an ideal illustrated reference book for both beginners and more experienced artists who seek to improve their technique.

In this practical guide, the author shows how the human body functions, starting with how the bones of the skeleton are connected to each other and ending with the principles of muscle and tendon work. The illustrator will also teach you how to create the desired shape and tone, how to achieve a realistic skin texture and how plausible to reflect the various poses, gestures and movements of a person. Step -by -step lessons will help you easily create accurate and realistic drawings.

The book includes the following sections:

- anatomical terms

- formal elements of the picture

- lines, strokes and texture

- shape, figure and volume

- perspective and anatomical pattern

- tone and shadow

- Texture

- contour, pose and gestures

- proportions of the human body

- Anatomy: Skeleton

- musculoskeletal system

- muscles and bones of the limbs

- skin and subcutaneous fat

- Tulle

- functional descriptions in anatomy

- Anatomy of the face and skull

- muscles of the mouth

- teeth and jaw

- eye

- Ear

- nose

- hair

- movement

- Portrait

“Anatomical drawing is much more than the form, function and ideal proportions. In this book, I tried to demonstrate anatomy in all its immense beauty and provide descriptions of various techniques that can help artists learn to draw human bodies. Just as there is no correct or incorrect anatomy, there is no correct or incorrect way to reflect it realism, of course, is not the only way to draw something: abstract karakuli, the minimum number of strokes or expressive children's sketches can also catch the nuances of the individual. The practical advice presented in this book will help in the development of what some call the “technical”, “realistic” or even “academic” pattern, ”Jennifer Krauch

About the author

Jennifer Crown - teacher, researcher and artist. Currently, he receives a doctoral degree at the University of Portsmut, and also works as an artist in the center of advanced biomedical visualization UCL (Cabi). He is the co -founder of the ART/PHYSICS JIGGLING Atoms team. She worked with anatomists at the University of St. George, the Museum of Pathology Gordon, as well as with entomologists in the Museum of Natural History. She received the education of a medical illustrator and teaches an anatomical drawing in Central Saint Martins (London, Great Britain).

About the translator

Elena Lisnevskaya is a doctor. In 2013, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in the "medical business". I went through the internship in the specialty "Pathological Anatomy" in the Minsk Regional Pathological Association, where it works to the present. She worked in general pathology for 6 years, then moved to oncomorphology, a new department, which today is in charge. He is engaged in medical translations from the third year of the university.