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INDEX 5 Introduction 6 Gesture 24 Seeing Contours 38 Superposition 44 Interior and Exterior . ... 52 Proportions 62 Modelling 70 What It Isn't 76 Memory 88 Balance 98 Techniques 112 Light and Shadow 126 Chiaroscuro 142 Viewpoint 168 What to Say? 182 Movements of the Soul 204 The Forms of Age 224 The Sketchbook 240 Imagination 252 Work Plain 254 What next?



I u This book aims lo leach the secrels of drawing lhe Daniela Brambilla holds degrees in both human figure using a method lhal allows us lo recover archileclure and art criticism. ller work our ab ilily to observe and sec lhe subjecl, and allows has ahrnys focused on c,ploring Lit<' whal we see lo become the vehicle for a journey of represcnlalion of tlw hu111all hod). Through disco, cry lhal louches on all of the senses. her prof<'ssional sludio she has \\rnrked iu the fields of illustration, set design and art IL sees drawing as an endless source of lechn ical, composilional and formal inspiralion lhal is essential fexhibitions. She Leaches drm,·ing and pictorial for arl, as well as a deparlure and arrival poinl in Lhe arlisLic process, a vehicle lo capLu re the essence Lcclmiqu<'s al Lhc lED in \\lilall Ila!, of body language and, as lhe author argues, a way of freeing ourselves from lhe fear of e rror and dcslruclive se lf- c riticism to rediscover the courage, curiosity and carefree ways of ch ildhood. Aimed al bolh those who wanl lo learn to draw and Lhose who are already proficienl, and with hundreds of images in black and while and in colour, lhis volume offers a weallh of Lips and advice for developing our creative endeavours. It's an indispensable Looi for artists and professional illuslralors alike. Human figiu·e Drawing (048)-I 09/2021 9788417412340 Y.ll82CIIW llllll 11111111111111111 HHI 2138417412340