This video introduces the basics of human body proportions using simplified shapes. It demonstrates a step-by-step approach ...

For artists, few objects are as challenging to capture as the human form. To render the figure on canvas or paper requires mastery of contouring, shading, perspective, proportion and countless other ...

This study examined the effects of two- and three-dimensional visual referents upon selected aspects of representational human figure drawing by first-year public high school students. Three intact ...

WASHINGTON — It is rare for a museum to lend the heart of its most prized collection to another museum, but the Albertina in Vienna has done just that by shipping almost a hundred watercolors and ...

A long-standing riddle surrounding Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has been solved after 500 years, offering a fresh perspective on the Renaissance master’s genius. The Vitruvian Man, known for ...

Your college art history textbook needs a new first chapter. The earliest known drawing in human history – a red, cross-hatched pattern that looks somewhat like a hashtag – has been unearthed on a ...

Christopher Henshilwood receives funding from his DST/NRF SARChI Chair at Wits University, as well as through a Research Council of Norway Centre of Excellence grant, Centre for Early Sapiens ...