This fantastic book is all you need if you want to start drawing the figure, or if you want to develop your life-drawing skills.

This highly informative book represents the distillation of many years spent studying and teaching the human form by the author, Gottfried Bammes. This exceptional guide to life drawing is second to none in terms of depth of treatment, clarity and accessibilityand is therefore suitable for artists of all abilities. Whether you are interested in life drawing, or simply wish to gain a deeper understanding of the physical aspects of the human form, this book will prove an invaluable and enduring resource.

A complete course, packed with instruction and profusely illustrated. This fantastic book is all you need if you want to start drawing the figure, or if you want to develop your life-drawing skills. It is the ultimate reference book, a most inspirational guide and above all it offers everything you ever needed to know, including tips on simple ways to ‘get it right’, essential advice on anatomy, help with easy drawing methods and many different examples of the drawn figure. It is important to understand how the body works and detailed sections show hands, feet, faces, limbs and much more.