Basic Figure Drawing Techniques (North Light Basic Painting Series) [Paperback]

Greg Albert (Editor)

Book Description

Series: North Light Basic Painting Series | Publication Date: February 15, 1994

This book gives beginners comprehensive, step-by-step instruction, including tips and techniques from several top North Light instructors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; 1st edition (February 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891345515
• ISBN-13: 978-0891345510
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Figure Drawing Techniques(North light Painting), September 17, 2000

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This review is from: Basic Figure Drawing Techniques (North Light Basic Painting Series) (Paperback)

An excellent choice, for beginning artists. This book includes many essential tools in figure drawing; such as the underlying bases of the figures, many different distinct poses, and also a good introduction to anatomy from an artistic view, yet still easily understandable by beginners. Within, this book you will find many introductory techniques that start from scribble and transform into to beautiful life forms as well as, well-written passages thoroughly explaining everything every step of the way. Therefore, if your interested in figure drawing and have never before even picked up a pencile;this book is your best choice!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feeling ambivalent about this one, but here's why: ..., June 28, 2004

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Bruce Bain "Romans 9:33/Remember Jackie Robinson" (Englewood, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Figure Drawing Techniques (North Light Basic Painting Series) (Paperback)

I looked over this book very carefully. At first I thought Greg Albert was the author. [I just finished SLAMMING Greg Albert for a different but poorly authored text elsewhere on Amazon!] But looking carefully, the cover states that Greg Albert is only the "editor" of this book, published by NORTH LIGHT.

There was something disturbingly familiar about the illustrations which are excellent...and then I realized, that North Light was the same publisher for WALT REED's "THE FIGURE", published in 1976, and that what North Light Publishers have done is invite GREG ALBERT to do a revision and update of WALT REED's "The Figure" with some new illustrations added, and slapping on an entirely new title. Well...okay...

This may give me an unpleasant feeling concerning authorship, but I did give Walt Reed's text a FIVE STAR rating on Amazon.com, and this has new illustrations added in.

This is an excellent book on beginner drawing, full of Walt Reed's original BLOCK FIGURES and human puppets. NORTH LIGHT PUBLISHERS was wise to update and revise the current text and continue to polish it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The human body is nothing more than irregular cylinders, cubes and other shapes., August 14, 2006

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J. C. Solis (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Figure Drawing Techniques (North Light Basic Painting Series) (Paperback)

I would recommend this book after you have taken a basic drawing class. First you must master the ability to see all around you as basic shapes. After you have completed that task, this book is the next logical step.

From the begininng, this book offers different ways of observing the human body. Nothing much is needed to begin drawing the human body than a pencil and paper, this book will lead the way. However, for those advanced (or really motivated beginners) this book offers a list of other items to purchase.

Each part of the body (except for the feet!) is nicely described in the form of observation and basic shapes. Once you've learned that the human torso is nothing more than a irregularly shaped egg, the rest becomes easy.

J. C.