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Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing From Life gathers more than 1,000 drawings and twenty‑two expert lessons drawn from his six celebrated works—Constructive Anatomy, Bridgman's Life Drawing, The Book of a Hundred Hands, The Human Machine, Heads, Features, and Faces, The Female Form, and The Seven Laws of Folds. The volume serves as a detailed manual of technique and an inspirational source for artists, students, and anyone interested in figure and anatomical drawing.
First publish date: 1952
Genre: Arts & Culture/Fine Art
Authors: George B. Bridgman
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