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How to Draw for absolute beginners.
How to draw
the female Body
beginners guide to drawing the female body part 1.
The female body. A beginners guide
to drawing the female body part 2.
The Hourglass
figure. The first body shape is the hour glass.
The hour glass figure was derived from of course the hour glass which
was an instrument used for measuring time.
The Pear
shaped figure.
The pear shaped figure is usually defined by having a narrower upper
body, smaller bust and narrower waist, with broader hips, a rounder bum
and wider thighs.
The
Banana-Rectangle shaped figure.
The Banana or rectangle body shape is always
associated with a sporty or boyish/masculine appearance with almost no
distinct proportions.
How to a female face.
This is a beginners guide to
drawing the female face.
Drawing the
female face. How to practice drawing the female
face from a photo image.
Facial
features.
Below are a few of the many attempts at
various parts of this tutorial, with experiments with lines that I tried
to get my drawing right. They are not brilliant but I hope they are an
example and help to spur you onto success.
How to draw
breasts.
The female breasts vary so much in shape
and size that I believe that there is no hard and fast rule on how they
should look in your picture.
I'm sure when we all first started attempting to draw our
first nude we stuck two circles at the top of our females chest, stuck a
small circle in the middle for the nipple area and said, right that's
the breasts.
Breast size.
The female breasts vary so much
in shape and size that I believe that there is no hard and fast rule on
how they should look.
Natural
breasts.
When drawing natural breasts the
important thing is to sketch what you see no matter how it looks in the
finished work. Every woman has her own beauty and uniqueness no matter
the size or shape of her breasts.
Natural
breasts continued.
The female form is a beautiful and varied
thing as all females have their own beauty and uniqueness.
Big breasts.
How to draw big breasts
Breast
position.
As the body changes position then so
does the breast. It is positioned over the pectoral muscle and so with
every movement of the arms and upper body the breast position slightly
changes on the body.
Breasts and
nipples. The
breasts hang naturally from the body
How to draw
hands. A beginners guide to drawing
hands.
How to draw
feet. A beginners guide to drawing feet.
How to draw
toes. Like the female breasts the toes come in
many shapes and sizes and like the breasts the toes are also considered
by some to be a highly erotic and sensual part of the female foot. The
difference between plain and beautiful.
How to draw
lips and mouths. A beginners guide to drawing lips
and mouths.
Arms.
How to draw arms.
Arms. Frontal
poses. In this first example the subject is
seated. She is leaning slightly to her right and is of a slim build.
Arms raised
above the head. In my first sketch you can see the
back of the upper arm. The forearm is turned outward slightly as the
subject is clasping her hands above her head.
Arms raised and extended.
In this first example the subject has both
her arms raised and out stretched to her sides. She is twisting slightly
to her left and is of an athletic muscular build.
Legs. The leg is made up of two basic parts. The upper
leg which consists of the quadriceps which as the name suggests are
made up of four separate muscles called the Rectus femoris, the
Vastus intermedium, these two muscles form the V shape that can be
seen at the middle of the front thigh.
Leg positions.
Depending on the position of your subject and the
angle from which you are viewing her you will find that the shape
and overall perspective of the leg will change.
Leg poses.
Notice the proportion of the legs when they are extended
as in the
standing pose and the nude
lying with her leg outstretched. Also notice the apparent shortness of
the lower leg on the kneeling nude.
Avatar.
Na'Vi female.
How to draw a Na'Vi female face. A step by step guide to drawing a Na'Vi
female face. Pt1
Na'Vi facial detail.
How to draw a Na'Vi female face. A step by step guide to drawing
a Na'Vi female face. Pt2
Na'Vi female.
How to draw Na'Vi Eyes, Mouth and nose. A step by step guide to drawing
Na'Vi eyes, noses and mouths.
Na'Vi female.
How to Draw Na'Vi ears. A step by step guide to drawing Na'Vi ears.
Na'Vi female.
How to draw braided air. A tutorial on drawing convincing hair braids.
Blog.
Accidental Art
Critic. The accidental art critic has been created
as a means for all of us to express our opinions on works of art. We can
all visit sites and read professional opinions about art but some of us
see art in a different form. Paintings portray different meanings, to
some a painting can portray passion or calm while to others it can seem
crude, macabre or just plain boring. You don’t have to be a student of
art nor do you need to be an artist. Now is your chance to say it how
you see it.
What is art? Some
definitions that I have sourced as means of reference for your use.
Art on Emotion.
A work of art can depict many things,
document many historical events, tell many stories and in a lot of cases
shed light or provide us with a fleeting glimpse into the lives of the
artists themselves.
Art emotion.
Is art really about the moment,
an impulse, a sudden flash of inspiration, a eureka moment if you like.
Art-Self Observation.
We are all in some way conscious of how we look, but have you
ever stood in front of the mirror and really taken notice of yourself.
I’m not talking about your everyday routine beauty check before you
leave the house.
The genuine
masterpiece. Our uniqueness comes
from the fact that we could never be exactly reproduced, in the same way
that with a work of art there can only be one original piece and any
reproduction will never capture nor match its unique original quality.
Art & Artists.
Figurative
Representation.
Figurative art, is generally used as a
description for a certain type of artwork - which for the whole
consists of works that are of a pictorial or sculptural representation
and in doing so are classed as representational of the subject.
Artist. A collection of paintings
and artist biography's including Titian, Vermeer, Magritte, Turner,
Giorgione and many more to come.
Giorgione. Giorgio Barbarelli da Castle
Franco was born in 1477 in the small town of Castelfranco Veneto,
outside Venice.
Rene Magritte. Rene Francois Ghislain
Magritte was Born in Lessines, Hainaut, Belgium in November 1898. He was
the eldest of 3 boys. His father was Leopold Magritte and his mother was
Régine Bertinchamp.
Johannes Vermeer.
Johannes Vermeer was thought
to have been born in 1632 in Delft in the Netherlands. It is Known that
he was baptized on October 31st 1632.
Jan Vermeer.
A list of his works. The works of Vermeer.
Vermeer
Paintings. Buy or search for Paintings by Jan
Vermeer.
J M W Turner. Joseph Mallard William
Turner (J M W Turner) was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden London,
England. Born to Gay Turner and Mary Marshall and Brother to Mary Ann
Turner. His father was a barber and wigmaker.
Yves Tanguy.
Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was born on
January 5, 1900 in Paris in the Navy Ministry where his father
Felix, a retired navy captain lived and worked as a warrant
officer after spending many years in service at sea.
Giorgione's, Sleeping Venus. The
Sleeping Venus, one of the last works of Giorgione, and one of the first
female reclining nudes in European painting of the time is of a naked
woman sleeping peacefully and oblivious to the gaze of others.
Venus of Urbino. The painting in
oils on canvas was commissioned by Guidobaldo II della Rovere, the Duke
of Urbino., a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro.
Famous nudes
Probably one of my most favourite
artists has to be William Adolphe Bouguereau. Who was born in La
Rochelle France on November 30th 1825.
Joseph Tomanek.
Joseph Tomanek was born on April
6th 1889 in Straznice, Czechoslovakia.
Wlliam
Bouguereau. William bourguereau was born on
November 30th 1825 in La Rochelle France in the Poitou Charente region.
Pablo Picasso.
Picasso was born on the 25
October 1881 in Malaga Spain. He was the first born to Don José Ruiz y
Blasco and mother María Picasso y López
Nudes.
The nudes of William Bouguereau.
Alma Parens.
The nudes of William Bouguereau pg2
Spring
breeze
The nudes of William Bouguereau pg3
Zenobia.
Rhadamistus, son of King
Parsman I of Iberia (Pharasmanes), was known for his ambition, good
looks, and valor. Parsman, fearing usurpation by his son, convinced
Rhadamistus to make war upon his uncle, King Mithridates of Armenia,
Parsman’s brother, and father of Rhadamistus' wife, Zenobia.
Dante and
Virgil in hell.
Set on the banks of
the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under
world. Dante is Virgil who is his guide through the nine circles of
Hell.
Idylle.
The young woman is looking lovingly at her partner who is naked at her
feet embracing her legs. The blanket that the male is sitting on along
with the expression on the young woman's face suggests that they have,
or are about to share an intimate moment.
Wounded Eros.
One shouldn't believe in all
those so-called innovations.
Faune et
Bacchante.
This painting by Bouguereau depicts a faune, who
were said to be mythalogical spirits of the untamed woodland.
Not to be mistaken for a Satyr who are totally different creatures, as
although they both pose goat like features below the waist and human
features above the waist, Satyrs were said to have human feet were as
fauns had goat like hooves.
Orestes pursued by the furies.
There are five figures clustered
in the centre, leaving the dark landscape background largely unnoticed.
A thorny vine creeps across their path in the right foreground
Bather.
Baigneuse(1870)
This painting of a nude
by William Bouguereau features a beautiful young woman preparing to bathe in the
water at her feet. Her slender figure, skin tone and facial expression are
captured with a photo like quality that only Bouguereau seemed to be able to
achieve.
Nymphs et Satyrs.
Bouguereau portrays a Satyr with four
nymphs playfully dancing around him and seemingly trying to coax him into the
water to bathe.
Flore et z'ephyre.
This painting by William Bouguereau is of a
young couple. It depicts the Greek god Zephyrus the god of the west wind and
Flora the roman goddess of flowering plants, spring and to a lesser degree
fertility
After the bath.
After the bath, features a young woman standing on
the shore after taking a bath in the sea.
Youthfulness of Love. La jeunesse et l'Amour.
A young woman is crossing a stream using the rocks beneath her feet
in what appears to be a woodland.
A
soul in heaven. Une
âme au ciel. A soul in heaven the body of a young woman is being
carefully carried by angels to the gates of heaven.
Nymphaem.
Bouguereau loved to paint the
female form. There is no doubt that he was a master at it and applied meticulous
detail to his subjects.
The bather.
The Bather is of a young woman who is
sitting peacefully on her tunic which is placed over some rocks by the shore.
The birth of Venus.
La naissance de venus.Venus
the goddess of love can be seen standing in an oyster shell having emerged from
the sea as a full grown woman.
The youth of Bacchus.
Within
the picture there a many characters some of which appear familiar in other
works. The centre of the work shows a group of characters dancing, one of which
by the way she is dressed appears to be Psyché who is dancing with her arms
aloft while holding the hands of the male behind.
Biblis.
A young woman is portrayed in a wood by the side of a pool. She is
laying with her head on her arms and her body posture and facial expression
depicts sadness or remorse.
Douleur d'amour.
Pain of love. In this painting by William Bouguereau a young woman is
portrayed in a wood She is leaning on a bunch of roses which are laying on
top of an ornately carved pillar. Her head is resting on her right arm while her
left arm is resting on the roses.
Venus with Doves. This
painting of a nude by William Bouguereau titled Venus with doves. features a
beautiful young woman standing alone with doves flying about her.
Young girl defending
herself against cupid.
In this playful portrayal by
Bouguereau a young girl is
seated on a carved piece of rock below what appears to be a maple tree.