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by Giovanni Civardi (Author)
Learn to draw the human form with this comprehensive figure drawing guide featuring technical advice, instruction for beginners, and helpful reference illustrations and diagrams.
This extensive guide to figure drawing offers everything you need to know to get started, with in-depth studies of human anatomy by master artist Giovanni Civardi. Bringing together seven books from the successful Art of Drawing series, this compilation includes:
- Heads and Faces
- Sketching People
- Understanding Human Form and Structure
- The Nude
- Drawing Hands and Feet
- Drawing Clothing on Figures Civardi's technical advice and practical tips, accompanied by his own outstanding drawings, make this essential drawing guide an invaluable resource for any portrait artist.
Author Biography
GIOVANNI CIVARDI was born in Milan in 1947. While training to become a sculptor, portrait artist and illustrator at the Free Life-Study School of the Accademia di Brera, he also studied medicine and surgery. For over a decade, he worked as an illustrator, producing commissions for newspapers, magazines and book covers. During frequent trips to France and Denmark, Civardi put on one-man exhibitions of this work and pursued his interest in studying the relationship between medical anatomy and the human form as depicted by the artist. His experience gained from teaching anatomy, life drawing and portraiture in schools and institutions over many years has led to the publication of numerous books in which Civardi's experiences are brought into focus.
