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And because I realized that I’ve been fooling myself around believing that I’m able to draw whatever I want when in reality I can’t draw anything worth sh**, I decided it was time to do things properly and start learning some basics. I got myself a bunch of books through the recommendations of other experienced artists and I’m listing them just in case someone out there was as frustrated with their works as me. So far, things look complicated in these books because I still don’t believe its necessary to learn about each and every bone, tendon and vein in your body in order to draw it properly but if thats how the masters learned then I’m willing to give it a try and read more about them. After all, it is this knowledge that separates good artists from amateur ones like me. Thats why art students are able to be creative and more accurate with their works. Because the have the knowledge which I seriously lack. If nothing else, I’ll at least get an idea of basic anatomy. I’ll atleast learn more about colors and how to use them properly. I’m definitely not intending to learn about each and every single detail about the human figure but to have a broader idea of how things are supposed to be is always a plus point.
Anyways, on to the list :
» Drawing dynamic figure - Burne Hogarth [5 stars *____* <3333]
» Drawing dynamic hands - Burne Hogarth [5 stars *____* <3333]
» Constructive Anatomy - George B. Bridgman [10 stars *____* <3333]
» Artistic anatomy of the human figure - Henry Warren
» A guide to figure drawing - G. E. Hicks
» Costume designs and illustrations - Ethel Traphagen
And the Andrew Loomis series including ‘Figure drawing for all its worth’, ‘Creative illustration’, ‘Successful drawing’, ‘Drawing the head and hands’, ‘Fun with pencils’ and ‘Eye of the painter’. This guy Loomis dude talks alot so I’ll save his books for later. I’m a visual learner so for now, I’m reading the first few books because they have loads of illustrations and its going to be so much fun.
You can get Loomis’s books in .pdf format from here.
Back to practice *and Mononoke 8D <333*
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