Drawing the Human Figure – How to Get Started
Then the genius of Michelangelo and Leonardo rose like a pair of new suns, to shed light on the darkness. Even so accomplished a master as Raphael was grateful for the lessons provided by their works. Like everyone since, Raphael realised he could never attain the perfection of Michelangelo. Like us, he could only look and wonder.
But Leonardo did something that surpassed the relatively small body of paintings he produced; something that must endear him to all artists who follow. With a scientist’s curiosity, he investigated the mechanics of Nature. What’s more, he left an invaluable legacy of detailed reports on what he uncovered. To make his discoveries, Leonardo had to dissect cadavers, teaching himself as he went. We, thankfully, don’t need to go through that. Today, we have the benefit of his hard-won knowledge available in texts of varying degrees of complexity.
Human Figure Drawing Video Lessons
The following post contains five 
figure drawing videos by artist Cy Porter. These free drawing and animation tutorials are posted to help promote Cy’s animated films. He hopes you find these videos helpful and please take the time to check out some of his animation work at solomation.com
Human Figure Drawing Lesson Part 1: Overview
This tutorial introduces some basics to drawing people from your mind.
Figure Drawing Demonstration – Front Nude
Drawing Demonstration -- Front Nude (Reilly Technique)
Drawing demonstration using the Reilly technique in under 5 minutes of a front nude pose.
A big thanks to Donelli for making this figure drawing tutorial available! You can lear more about Donelli and see more of his videos by following this link to reach his YouTube Page.
Structural Life Drawing with Gary Geraths (Otis College)
Structural Life Drawing with Gary Geraths (Otis College)
In this video drawing tutorial, artist and instructor Gary Geraths shows the first steps in creating a gestural, anatomical and structured life drawing from a live model.
Figure drawing is one of the most challenging forms of art. Gary breaks things down for us in an easy to follow format that you are sure to learn a lot from. Please enjoy!
A big thanks to Gary and the Otis College of Art and Design for making this wonderful video available. See more videos over at their YouTube Channel.
Top 10 Online Figure Drawing Resources For Beginner Artists
So you are interested in becoming an expert at drawing and painting the human figure? You have certainly found the right place! I thought it would be a good idea to find the best resources and information on 
figure drawing and put it all together for you in one easy location for easy reference. Below are what I feel to be, some of the best resources for helping you learn how to draw the human body.
Figure Drawing Resource 1
Ebook: Figure Drawing Secrets
Figure Drawing Secrets
How to quickly and easily master figure drawing and painting without a model…
Stop drawing and painting figures the hard way!
Now you can learn the secrets of drawing people and figures quickly and easily – without a model…
This newly released work called “Figure Drawing Secrets” by Victor Perard is the quickest and easiest way to learn figure drawing.
This amazing resource contains over 1016 detailed illustrations for you to study and learn from. Covering every single aspect of anatomy for the artist.
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