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DRAWING: Figures

By Michel Lauricella
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Quickly learn to draw realistic people and characters!Learn to draw people, characters, and the human form by exploring the subject's fundamental principles with expert Michel Lauricella artist, teacher, and best-selling author of the Morpho drawing series of books. This brief but information-packed guide covers essential concepts... Read More
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Learn to draw people, characters, and the human form by exploring the subject's fundamental principles with expert Michel Lauricella artist, teacher, and best-selling author of the Morpho drawing series of books. This brief but information-packed guide covers essential concepts such as:

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Quickly learn to draw realistic people and characters!

Learn to draw people, characters, and the human form by exploring the subject's fundamental principles with expert Michel Lauricella artist, teacher, and best-selling author of the Morpho drawing series of books. This brief but information-packed guide covers essential concepts such as:

  • Body proportions
  • Facial features
  • Skeletal structure
  • Muscular anatomy
  • Simplified forms
  • Silhouettes and contours
  • Perspective and foreshortening
  • Value and shading
  • Clothing folds

Each concept is clearly explained and richly illustrated, allowing you to deepen your understanding and effectively apply these techniques in your own work.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798888143612

Publisher: Rocky Nook

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 May 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Rocky Nook

Illustration: illustrated

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Michel Lauricella received his education at Paris's cole nationale superieure des beaux-arts (National School of Fine Arts). He has been teaching morphology for over twenty years, first at the mile Cohl school in Lyons, then at the city of Paris's Ateliers des Beaux-Arts, the Gobelins school in Paris, Lisaa in Paris, and the Atelier in Angouleme. He currently teaches at the Fabrica114 studio in Paris.

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