Figure Drawing Master Class: Lessons in Life Drawing

In the stilted studio environment with unnatural naked adult poses, this author is a skilled technician. His work is exemplary. However, his statements are vague and extremely dated suggesting poor basic understanding. e.g. "Sweeping lines and turning shadows" Yet, I give the book five stars because it honestly reflects the state of art education today. Most people buy an instruction book for techniques that lead to improvement. This book like dozens of other drawing instruction books suggest that you "draw a lot and somehow you get better because I did." There really is no instruction on how you should progress just a grab bag of technique variations that the author likes. Still, I like the author's drawings. A lifetime drawing worked for him.

A good worthwhile explanation of techniques of basic life drawing but if you really want to sail the learning to draw by both the Anatomy and the Gestural Figure Drawing that Robeert Beverly hale used as text books when he taught at Colombia. The late prof. is one of the noted Professors that has taught many of todays best Gestural and realism techniques to. You know the Pope was Going to have MicealAngelo killed because he knew a bishop that would allow him to "borrow bodies that he could study. You have to know why and what is underneath that makes that shadow on a woman back on either side of her spine, I love that place. But this cat I think just needed some bucks.

This is a wonderful anatomy book filled with beautiful drawings by the author. The only thing about the book I question is the use of the cover art. There are so many other more amazing drawings that could have graced the cover and attracted me to the book a lot sooner. Dan Gheno has been one of my favorite figurative artists for a long time. He has a masterful understanding of human anatomy and his drawings are eloquent, especially with the way some areas fade away. I am very happy with my purchase and this book is a treasured addition to my figurative drawing library.

a good review of figure drawing. Could have more illustrations on gesture drawing

This is a wonderful book and will remain in my collection permanently. When you are trying to learn to be a good realist artist and don't have the luxury of attending one of the great realist ateliers in NYC, you go through many books, most of which are not of much value. This book, however, is one of the really valuable ones.

I had more expectation on this book and in Dan Gheno Works.

Gheno's book has it all for figure drawing. A copy of Figure Drawing was brought into our cooperative studio and was immediately acclaimed by all of us. A few of us felt we needed our own copy to study from. I would recommend Figure Drawing by Gheno to anyone who wishes to grow as a figure draftsperson.

As a teacher of life drawing, I have bought many books on the subject. The author of this collection of master classes has presented the many complex components of drawing the human figure from life with beauty and clarity. I highly recommend it for all students, teachers, professionals and enthusiasts.

An excellent book on the figure.

This is a brilliant book and I read it from cover to cover which is saying a lot as I tend to get bored half way through - very informative and very inspirational

This book is a first class guide to figure drawing, we love it

I am looking at the book as a potential text/reference for my figure drawing classes. At first run through, it seems like a solid approach to tackling the most challenging drawing subject.

Not what I expected, I thought there would be more pictures and less text