How to Draw What You See by Rudy De Reyna

Author:Rudy De Reyna [Reyna, Rudy De]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-78635-7
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2011-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Foreshortening

Just as an object appears to diminish in size as it moves farther away from the viewer, so do parts of the body. In other words, the body has perspective, just as objects and landscapes do. When this phenomenon, perspective, is applied to the body, it’s called foreshortening.

I think that it’s a very descriptive word, because whether an arm or leg “goes back” or “comes forward” it appears to be shorter than its actual dimensions.

In Figure B you see the bulk of the body and what happens to the body’s cylindrical forms when they’re foreshortened. Copy this figure. Notice how the torso “breaks” at the waist when the figure bends from side to side or back and forth. Notice also how the hands and feet relate in size to the length of the head.

When I learned to construct the basic figure, my joy knew no bounds. I could sit down anywhere and draw it in any position I wished, no matter how complicated the pose. I did hundreds upon hundreds of figures—dancing, jumping, running, pitching a ball, etc. (Figure C).

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