When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Patrick J Jones Figure drawing is a fundamental skill for artists, but one of the hardest ...

Artists have always been drawn (no pun intended!) to the human figure. Drawing people allows artists to tell stories and explore human emotions. The thing is, figure drawing is notoriously difficult ...

Arms are easy to draw when broken into parts. Draw straight or slightly bent lines from the shoulders downward. Split each arm into upper arm and forearm sections. Keep the arms relaxed and hanging ...

A few minutes before today's advanced figure drawing class begins, students slowly file into a classroom at Ringling College of Art and Design. Like chefs preparing their stations, the students go ...

Sketches of scale figures can be seen as an architectural signature. These miniature stand-ins for human life not only bring scale and understanding to a sketch, they also offer a glimpse into the ...

In architecture, professionals must constantly deal with the challenge of representing a project clearly and understandably before it is built, making the space somehow more perceptible to people who ...