This page provides links to instructional pages on the web for figure drawing artists.
Also see the page listing Video Demonstrations for Life Drawing Artists.
Ignudo (1509) by Michelangelo. Public domain.
Collections of Links
- Figure Drawing – Figure Drawing Tips and Lessons – A collection of figure drawing sites for artists
Public domain books on figure drawing
- Drawingbooks.org – Open source and public domain art-instruction books
Introduction / Overview
- What you need to know for your first life drawing class
- Why practice life drawing?
- Sheridan Portfolio Tips: Life drawing – extensive discussion for beginners, including videos
- Attending a Figure Drawing Class, by Helen South – includes links to several more detailed topics
Gesture Drawing
- Figure Quick Sketch – Master the art of short poses and gesture drawing
- Gesture Drawing – Notes on gesture drawing
Simulated Life Drawing Sessions with Timed Gesture Poses
- The Drawing Script – A site that generates a virtual online drawing session, with adjustable timed poses (includes nude, dressed, animals, and hands)
- PixeyLovely.com – A neat site that generates a virtual online drawing session, complete with timed gesture poses
- Quickposes.com – another site that generates a virtual online drawing session with timed or untimed poses
- LifeDrawingPoses.com – provides a simulated gesture drawing session
- Croquis Cafe – provides different 1, 2, 3, and 5 minute poses each week
Life Drawing
Comprehensive websites
- Love life drawing – Provides extensive lessons and other resources for figurative artists. Also includes a forum for life drawing artists. See also their blog, Facebook page, and Twitter page.
Specific pages
- Improve your figure drawing skills – 15 video figure drawing lessons
- Six part tuturial on figure drawing by Georgetown Atelier in Seattle, Washington
- Constructing the Figure from Life: Where to Begin
- Figure drawing lesson – Notes on figure drawing
- How to Draw People: The Basics of Figure Drawing
- Drawing Tips: Advice from the Pros – a collection of tutorials provided by lovelifedrawing.com
- Drawsh – a free figure drawing resource focusing on constructive draftsmanship, anatomy, proportion, and more
- MyDrawingTutorials.com: Figure Drawing – Free drawing tips and techniques
Specialized Topics
- How to Draw Hair (YouTube video)
Equipment
- Equipment and materials for life drawing sessions
- Art on a Budget : Best Affordable Art Supplies for Beginners and Tips
Naked man reversed on the ground by Theodore Gericault. Public domain.
Thanks for the useful resources!