Learning the anatomy of the figure is essential to drawing and painting the figure with accuracy. In Figure Anatomy In Motion For Artists, students will learn a structural, layered method that was developed during the Renaissance to describe essential elements of anatomy and will enable the students to realistically replicate the underlying structure of the body. Such expertise is cultivated not only by mastering drawing techniques and practicing drawing the human form from life, but also by learning to read the many languages and intentions the human body speaks: movement, power, tension or relaxation, friendliness or aggression, and all the rest. These languages can all be understood studying the anatomical, structural, and dynamic aspects of the body and its aesthetic synergies. Using easy-to-understand scales and ratios, students will learn to conceptualize the front and side views of the skeleton with basic shapes, then add detail with simplified depictions of complex bones and joints..

About The Instructor

Roberto Osti has decades of experience teaching human anatomy for artists at the New York Academy of Art, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and now, the Teaching Studios of Art. Formally trained as a medical illustrator before becoming a fine artist, Osti has contributed his work to many science and art publications. He has exhibited extensively in Italy and the United States, including at the Bologna Museum of Modern Art, the Drawing Center and the New York Academy of Sciences, and his work has been featured in Scientific American and The New York Times.

The Instructor’s Book:
Basic Human Anatomy

Monacelli Press 2016
Available from booksellers worldwide.

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A comprehensive, yet flexible and holistic approach to the human body for artists, Roberto Osti’s method of teaching anatomy never loses sight of the fact that this understanding should lead to the creation of art.
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