Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life

Any aspiring artist would benefit from dipping in and out of this book , it guides you through the fundamentals of form and structure ,and in so doing so , gives you that essential little kick ,to get over the white fright ,and do some drawing , just draw , and draw ! , and hey if it does not work out for you !! , go back to book and draw some more...... this book covers just about everything ,and is well worth the cost .

After reading just the first chapter of this book I can safely say it's one of the best books on drawing I have. This book truly focuses on poses, balance and rhythm; which is something missing from other books in my collection. It assumes you already have an interest in drawing and have some understanding of drawing the figure. It's not an anatomy book but fast becoming my favourite book on life drawing. Good for animators, illustrators and artists alike. If you can grab a copy, do not hesitate! It's an absolute steal at this price.

Figures stylised, but no book can do everything. Good for beginners and advanced. Breaks the human form down allowing an knowledge enabling the artist to create their own images.

This is a useful, classic book that isn't well named since it concentrates mainly on structure and anatomy. I think that anyone wanting to learn to draw from life would be better off buying "Anatomy for the Artist -the dynamics of the human form" by Flint which I think they might find more useful since it shows a method of drawing via posture and fundamental form that is far easier to build a good drawing from.( It can also be found online very cheaply too.) However if , like me, you have a lot of books about life drawing and anatomy you might enjoy owning Bridgeman. His section on drapery is really good, if you want to know how bones and muscles work and all their names he is comprehensive and some of his observations are illuminating. However the language he uses is really dated and hard going so he is not an easy read. I dip into him when I have forgotten the name of a body- part or when a section of a drawing looks wrong and often find out where I have mistaken underlying anatomy in this way. So I find him useful as part of my library but I don't recommend this book as a beginners first choice or as anything other than additional volume to get.

Excellent book. Would recommend.

Earlier editions of this book were infamous because some of the drawings were printed upside down. Also they managed to be even more cryptic than the original small books in quite a few places. This edition corrects the first flaw, and also somewhat rectifies the second flaw by expanding the most difficult passages. Highly recommended--if you do any figure drawing at all, you definitely should have this book on your shelf.

An excellent book for figure drawing.

My dad gave me the hardback when I entered art school. It has always been the go-to resource for me with reference to understanding the form and structure of the human body. It's brilliant

Essa é a melhor obra possível para estudar anatomia e desenho figurativo, contanto que você já tenha uma base sólida. Recomendo ignorar o texto e copiar as figuras de capa a capa duas vezes: uma vez observando-as, e outra "de memória" (olhar a imagem, fechar o livro, e tentar desenhar o que se lembra da referência da melhor forma possível). A evolução é garantida, mas advirto: não é um livro para iniciantes!

Buen libro de anatomía para artistas. Volumen que recoge en parte el resto de libros publicados por el autor. Es voluminoso y a mi parecer, si tenemos en cuenta su precio, no tan mal editado como he leído en otras opiniones. Como menos positivo comentar las páginas 95 y 96 me dejan con bastantes dudas acerca de los dibujos de cabezas y sus medidas, no se si alguien más opina igual. No veo muy acertado este autor en el estudio de la cabeza humana. No obstante el libro merece mucho la pena. El servicio de Amazon muy bueno con tiempos rápidos y artículo en perfecto estado.

Wanted this for ages! Fast delivery. Overall 5/5

Se ti piace disegnare questo è uno dei libri che devi assolutamente avere. Stop.

Excellent resource, text+pictures have been rearranged in a tidier manner so it's simple to tell which is referring to which (if you've tried to borrow or read older editions of Bridgman, its quite a headache at times). Upon comparison, the text itself appears to be the same, just in different order. It's great value as it's basically a compilation of 7 books in a more 'digestible' order, just that it's quite large and hefty as a result when bringing it around for practice. Don't buy it as an absolute beginner, but it's fantastic when you are further into your art journey.