image courtesy of George Bridgeman
Mass of the Body

The idea to remember is that we are attempting to illustrate the three dimensional body on a two dimensional surface. We have to articulate mass by knowing what we are drawing. That is part of the reason for understanding the skeleton and musculature. In this class, we are surveying these things, and Bridgeman provides a great example.

The body and its parts have mass - how many times do I remember my teachers telling me this! Draw and paint remembering that your flat shapes are telling a 3-D story.