Preview | Drawing & Painting People, Part 2: Anatomy of the Body with John Raynes

"As artists we can never exhaust the possibilities of drawing and painting the human figure. The human figure is capable of a large variety of movements, but there are some limitations imposed by the interior skeleton." John Raynes helps you understand and work with these limitations as he returns to artistsnetwork.tv for Part 2 of his "Drawing & Painting People" series, Anatomy of the Body, helping you create realistic and expressive figures. In this 81 minute video workshop he discusses the important points of anatomy that affect the way a person looks on the surface, then sketches standing and reclining figures from life with a variety of dry medium, finishing up to paint a reclining figure with oil.
In this preview, John sketches a standing figure to demonstrate the main anatomical points needed to define and give realistic shape to your figure.

[@arts5980]

The most admired and qualified instructor in human figure. I have been following him for over 40 years. In this video clip the cameraman should focus more on the drawing rather than on Mr. Raynes.

[@mayaahmed]

Never looked at people with this kind of xray vision. Awesome instructions.

[@fernandocasariego3900]

Brilliant! Thank you.

[@XidontwantcakeX]

Very helpful, and I couldn't help but notice that Mr. Raynes voice sounds much like Scar's.

[@JoannaJUT]

Thank you very much for a very informative and practical lesson.

[@LampoonP]

Excellent information, very timely for me. Thanks!

[@Johnhazrd]

That I found that the camera jitter worked quite fine. All in all quite well done.

[@angelcaban2387]

Love what your doing.

[@RollerRoy]

Wow... I kinda did that at my drawing class but not nearly that accurate, achieved nice silouettes but not well proportioned.

[@royffp]

PLEASE keep the camera focused on the item being discussed. Otherwise -- great stuff!

[@MsTurquaz]

What does he mean well covered individuals? :P

[@PhilDuggs]

@MsTurquaz A person who is in clothes basically

[@geocentrist6567]

Wasn’t sure if I was watching a med class or art class

[@scarypeanut]

Please video the drawing, not the person. It's very difficult to focus watching scenes jump continuously.

[@kullenberg]

I found the jumpy camera work very distracting. Focus on the canvas please, not the artist!

[@GeorgeIllustrations]

nice vids,but what a long hand...

[@ductile12]

WASTE OF TIME