Figures from Life

The book is an in-depth exploration of life drawing--covering gesture, short and long poses, foreshortening and contrapposto, and more--and delves into its more challenging aspects: such as measuring with rhythm, drawing with feeling, and developing a style.

Packed with step-by-step, all-new drawing demonstrations and insightful commentary, the book also includes Patrick's most recent anatomy and drawing study sheets, which feature essential notation, style tips, and at-a-glance memory clues.

This re-creation of the artist's successful live drawing workshops will enable both beginning and advanced artists to rapidly accelerate their skills and learn to draw with ease and confdence.