Week 3: Short Sketching Techniques/Anatomy of the Foot

This week we'll go over some methods of improving our proportions of the figure, including measuring, looking for angles and half-way points, and our homework will be a study of the anatomy of the foot.

Reading: Art of Drawing Anatomy pp102-103
Drawing Human Anatomy pp 68-77

A drawing of the bones of the foot by DaVinci.

The next few are taken from Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life

Note how he has analysed the basic shapes and used them to build very solid drawings.

These two images are from Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist (S. R. Peck), and should help with completing this week's homework assignment. Good luck!