This blog is about the two major aspects of all muses. Anatomy and Figure Painting.
It’s about the human body, and painting it. Not for art schools or “professional” artists, but for real artists who want to learn how to paint a figure from real life.
It’s not a school; you do not need any permission to join. It’s only a place where real artists can exchange their knowledge and experience in both fields, anatomy and figure painting.
Hello, my name is Craig and I am a figure artist. On this blog I will share some techniques and tutorials on how to paint figures in both 2D and 3D. I will also post other interesting tidbits, such as anatomy information and examples of other artists work. Feel free to post/comment any questions you have here or on my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/metarttutorials . If you are interested in purchasing any art, please email me at craig@metarttutorials.com.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Hi there! My name is Barbara and I am a model and an artist. I have been working in the nude art industry for about 2 years now and absolutely love it. In my blog, you will find information about what I do, the shoots I have done, and my experiences on them.
Also, I teach anatomy lessons to aspiring artists who are interested in drawing figures or painting nudes.
Have a wonderful day!
The most sensible way to go about painting a nude is to take a live model. The problem with this method is that it’s hard to find models and poses can be awkward for both parties. I’ve used the live model method before and I found that the experience was very different from my usual workflow. While it might be easier for some, I prefer the life drawing approach above all else.
I have had several commissions in the past from people who have found my work on DeviantArt.com or on other various places on the internet. Many of them have asked me if I would consider doing a life drawing of their mistress/wife/significant other and at first I turned down their offers because I do not really enjoy working directly from photos (though I do use them as references). After a while, however, I decided that it might be interesting to try something new, so I agreed to paint one of these people’s loved ones (most of them were actually pretty good models too).
Trying a new approach to painting has been really fun and has given me a lot of motivation to continue improving my skills. It was also quite different than doing things my usual way so it was nice that it wasn’t simply more of the same old thing.
It’s fun to paint figures. But it can also be frustrating.
A good figure painting should look like the person actually existing in the real world. But what does that mean? It means that, with a few rare exceptions, you have to paint what you see — and not what you think you ought to see. It means there are no easy shortcuts.
The professional artist learns how to see things clearly and precisely: how to see how long a shadow is, how high a plane of light falls, how big an object really is, which parts of it are in front and which behind; how much space goes between two people, or between a head and shoulders and the ground; how much light reaches the bottom of a nose or the top of an ear; which color is reflected where, and from which angle; whether it’s warm or cool gray, thick or thin paint; whether it’s flesh or wood or metal.
And when you have learned all that, there are still some things that can’t be taught. There are no formulas for those things; they’re just something you feel when they’re right — and wrong. Like whether a portrait looks like someone alive or dead, or if it looks like someone but isn’t quite right, without being able
