Life Drawing: The Power of Force
June 10, 2018
I started the second in the series of the "force' books - this one is called Force: Drawing Human Anatomy:
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In the first section the author talks about hierarchy in drawings and he uses a pyramid as an example:Â
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I loved a quote he had talking about how not be fearful when drawing, and remembering that you can use drawing as a way of learning about the world - just like the masters back in the Renaissance:

 He also talks about the subject of balance and force in regard to the human body, and I liked the profile view:
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The author's images are a bit easier to follow!
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Continuing with the new "force' book, chapter one talks introduces a new force - CONTRACTION. This is the 'pinch' that you see when one side of the body is stretching, the other side is contracting.
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Here are some of my notes:
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The author shows how this knowledge can be applied to gesture drawings:
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And here is a really dynamic examples of the forces being shown:
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