Amazon.com description: Product Description: Drawing and painting well is every artist's dream, whether professional or amateur, but this requires a strong grasp of theory, an understanding of the tricks of the trade, and guided practice. These guides offer each of those fundamentals through step-by-step exercises, drawings of specific cases that tend to cause the most difficulties, and models to paint that include steps from professional artists. Also included in each are guidelines on watercolor paper that provide a reference and a jumping-off point for the creation of unique compositions and interpretations.

To portray the human body accurately and realistically, an understanding of anatomy is necessary. The discussions of anatomy and art in this book include those of muscles and bones, the configuration of the face, the different tones and textures of human skin, and the structures of limbs. Also included are four pages of models to help the beginner solve the most common problems encountered when drawing the human figure.