{"product_id":"sketching-women-by-studio-atelier-21-9784805316030","title":"Sketching Women","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSketching Women\u003c\/em\u003e, three professional studio artists (Kozo Ueda, PhD, Takahiro Okada, PhD and Minoru Hirota, PhD) join forces to show you how to sketch the female figure through 55 step-by-step drawing lessons. Each instructor will walk you through their philosophy for croquis sketching. Croquis sketches are quickly-rendered drawings that capture the essentials of a subject's form and pose with relatively few expressive lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are four levels of sketching described in the book:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1-minute croquis:\u003c\/strong\u003e very rapid gesture drawings that capture only the artist's impressions of the form, and where the pencil stays in contact with the paper for practically the entire session\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2-minute croquis:\u003c\/strong\u003e another quick sketch, but with more attention paid to the character and rhythm of the lines and how they help to express the essence of the form\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5-minute croquis:\u003c\/strong\u003e a more finished drawing where added tonal variations suggest volume and anatomical details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e10-minute croquis:\u003c\/strong\u003e more of a finished drawing than true croquis, the longer session allows the luxury of adding fine details such as the facial expression, the character of the hands and clothing texture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLearn to sketch the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIndividual body parts (including faces) and their bone structure and muscles\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStanding and sitting poses\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNudes and clothed figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLight and dark tonal variations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDynamic poses\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eColour drawings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll quickly hone your sketching skills with this life-drawing classroom-in-a-book. The expert advice and observations, dozens of poses to study, as well as easy-to-understand notes and tips make it easy to understand how the skeleton, muscles and posture all come together to express the uniquely female form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853979373804,"sku":"9784805316030","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25550883483898.jpg?v=1759229358","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/sketching-women-by-studio-atelier-21-9784805316030","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}