Fantasy Art School

Drawing the Human Form Continued - Adding the skin to the knight - Things are shaping up

Adding Skin - This is exactly what we are doing in this stage of the drawing - we are adding skin. Think of it in that way so you will see the underlying shapes of the figures body. As in all the steps up to now you should always draw your lines lightly and change them as you make visual distinctions. Try to understand and convey the shapes under the skin. Try to feel what the muscles look like and what the bones are expressing.

I have added a few extra lines in this drawing where the knees, shoulders, and pectorals are. Feel free to add a feew lines like this to your drawing. There are major forms within the outline of the shape that should show.

Remember: Draw your lines lightly, erase them and move them as you see fit. this is a normal part of the artistic process.

Coninue on with the lesson

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Fantasy Art Lessons

1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult
23. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop

Art Books & Supplies

1. Art Kits
2. Art Books
3. Fantasy Art Books

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Castlefiction.com
The Telescope Nerd
Epic Fantasy.com
The Medieval Armory
THe Fantasy Guide
The Heroic Dreams Blog Knight-Medieval.com willkalif.com
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