When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Patrick J Jones Figure drawing is a fundamental skill for artists, but one of the hardest ...

A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...

The human figure is the springboard of the visual conversation that occurs between the two artists. Each artist, in their own way, has pushed the work to abstraction.” Jackson acknowledged that ...

For artists, few objects are as challenging to capture as the human form. To render the figure on canvas or paper requires mastery of contouring, shading, perspective, proportion and countless other ...

Growing numbers of hobbyists are attempting to emulate the artist and capture the truths of the human body at life drawing classes David Hockney draws better than anyone else alive today. There may be ...

“Capture the balance of this pose,” Heddi Siebel says as she walks around the room. “Get the back, get the weight.” Students stand around the model, Callista Womick, in a semicircle, facing easels ...

Visitors to a recent art show at Dixie State University were greeted with a disclaimer. “Parents may choose to preview this exhibit before their children enter. Thank you.” Obviously a message like ...

Introduction -- Body : Nalini Malani ; Wangechi Mutu ; Barthélémy Toguo ; Ed Pien ; Louise Bourgeois ; Ulrike Lienbacher ; Odun Orimolade ; Antony Gormley ; Mithu ...