Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Drawing the Figure from the Inside Out

Fourth Grade Figures from the Front and the Back
 As part of a unit on the Renaissance, our fourth graders have been learning to improve their figure drawing by considering the skeleton.  When thinking about the bone structure of our bodies, artists can draw the body in proportion.  The figures shown here are all examples of proportional figures drawn by the students.  They drew the skeleton, cut it out, and then used it as a template for drawing a figure.  I love how some of them got Christmas sweaters, and one had a Star Wars shirt.  We looked at work by Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael, who studied human anatomy to improve the realism of their work.
Leonardo Da Vinci was one example of a Renaissance artist who studied anatomy to improve realism in drawing.

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