How to draw a naked female body. Naked Art: Explicit Works by Contemporary Artists

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Proportions, proportions and more proportions

What is most important when drawing from life is a clear definition of the proportions of the person standing in front of you. The basis of measurement according to tradition is the size of the foot, head or face. For an average person of average height, proportions are usually determined as follows:

Head size to body size – 7:1

Face, hand – 10:1

Foot – 6:1

The point, I think, is clear. The head fits about 7-8 times the height of a person, the foot – 6, and so on. In fact, these are just such measurements, but if you pay attention to them, then these nasty problems with short arms and you won't have huge feet. The proportionality of body parts is also very important. Your palm is approximately the same size as your face, your biceps arm is the same size as your head, and your gluteus maximus muscle is the same size.

Scull The human body is essentially oval shaped. To indicate the rotation of the face, we draw a vertical profile line (roughly speaking, we cut the head in half). The horizontal axis (eye section line) is determined by the tilt of the head up or down. She intersects with vertical line in the area of ​​the bridge of the nose, forming a supporting cross. If you draw an object in profile, then the horizontal lines should be straight; when you tilt your head, these lines bend upward, the ear moves higher, and the brow ridges are clearly visible.

Face I won’t go into detail, because the main thing is the beauty of the body in our case, but our nature will not be very happy if her body is good-looking, but her face does not come out. To begin with, you should define horizontal line the middle of the height of the head, at this level the eyes are located. The upper edges of the ears are located at the level of the eyebrows, the lower edges are located at the base of the nose. The distance between the eyes is equal to the length of the eye.

Hands. Of course, all the work will depend on how your object is located. Sits/stands, is in a relaxed or tense state. This is a matter of jewelry finesse. Therefore in general outline: if the hand is in a tense state, then one of the main parts is the finger extensor tendons (fan-shaped things). If a girl holds her hand on a chair (or something else), a depression forms between the extensor pollicis brevis tendon and the extensor pollicis longus tendon, which gives the hand a more curved shape.

Shoulder girdle consists of the collarbones and shoulder blades. Here it is also worth drawing a midline from the jugular dimple to the navel; we start from this line when drawing paired forms. When the arms are tense (if you rely on them), the supraclavicular fossa, the tense pectoral muscle, stands out. The breasts of a beautiful young lady are often not exactly round, but rather slightly drop-shaped, the nipples (side view) are directed slightly upward and to the sides. If the girl is skinny, you should not draw out her protruding ribs, much less outline them with a shadow; it will be enough to slightly indicate their bulge along with the hollow between the breasts.

Torso, in fact, it consists of a chest part and a part of the abdomen. When the girl is positioned with her back, they are connected by the spinal column, which most often is not drawn, but serves as a vertical midline that determines the bend in one direction or another. From it we denote the volume large pectoral muscle, rib lines and abdominal muscles. The chest is denoted by the shape of a cylinder, tapering upward. The chest itself is also fixed with the shoulder blades, but if the young lady is in a relaxed position, then they are not marked in any way.

Legs. If we look at our lady from the back, the most noticeable thing about her legs will be the shape of the calf muscle. The Achilles tendons also require special finesse in this position. In girls who, say, dance, the muscular part of the leg is most often in involuntary tension, which especially highlights the inflated muscle. When the foot is level, the outer ankle is always lower than the inner ankle. Without flat feet, the arched curve of the foot is clearly visible. Thumb usually slightly raised up, the rest are located clearly at the level of the plane.

Staging

After the girl has taken the pose we need, her placement on the sheet begins with outlining the total mass of the figure and determining the center of gravity. If the girl is standing, it is much easier to draw this vertical (a guideline for body stability). In a sitting position, the first attention is paid, along with the mass of the figure, to the inclination of the hip and shoulder girdle. The middle line is also marked, but after a schematic configuration of the entire silhouette. To simplify, you can immediately outline the direction of movement of the arms and legs with lines. Next, we find the general proportions of the figure, the angles of inclination of the shoulder girdle and head, the volume of the pelvis, shoulders, and back. We denote the volume with dots, starting to outline the frame of the figure.

You should not focus on anything, first create a silhouette (drawing in pairs), moving across the entire figure. Track the tension of the muscles, marking their parts that stand out well with a stroke (eventually a shadow will fall there). After outlining the frame, proceed to drawing the hands, from them to the forearms and elbow joints, conveying the general features of the face. Move on to the outline of the pubic arch and kneecaps, gradually removing or softening the construction lines. Next we work on the thighs and lower legs, outlining the shadows.

Well, in the end we return to the head again. We give tone to the hairstyle, of course, we shape the face, adding light and shadow to it, we pay great attention small details: we draw the depressions of the collarbones, mark the extensors of the fingers, and place shadow accents. We check with nature, although the completion of the drawing (if, of course, all the shadows were outlined earlier) occurs purely automatically, more often than not, we no longer need the girl for this.

(for beginning artists)
There are a lot of tutorials for the beginning artist on how to draw a nude human figure. In them you will find a dozen nude images with an offer to copy them using pastel, or pencil, or watercolor paints, or oil. It is believed that if you have done these mediocre exercises and copied 10 drawings of naked women from the book, then you can now freely draw women from life, paint nudes, or draw nudes from your imagination female figure. However, this is far from true; drawing nudes is one of the most difficult painting lessons. Even many seasoned artists will not be able to draw a nude in five minutes female body. But if you have mastered this art, then drawing a naked figure will become so simple and easy for you. commonplace that you can really draw nudes in large quantities and make decent money from it.

Throw away all the manuals and look at the illustration for the article “Nude No. 38”. Do you like the picture? I think you can’t help but like it, because it was painted by a real master of the nude, artist Mark Kazavchinsky from Canada. You can go to his website and see other samples. Such things are in great demand, so the artist can even run his own gallery, which is not very often the case. Do you want to learn how to create the same paintings? Let's figure out how it is made and learn how.

For the lesson you must have acrylic paints, oil pastel, thick paper and two brushes: one thin, the other wider. It is not forbidden to try in any other technique, but you should remember that with with a simple pencil or ballpoint pen you won't succeed. So, we collected necessary materials and let's get started.

1) First, create a warm abstract background of the painting with paints. You should take two close colors and work with them, as was done in the picture. For example, take red and light brown colors and more of them light shades. There should be no coastline, no sea, no sofas or couches in the background - all this destroys the picture. The background should be absolutely abstract - this is now customary in modern painting. At the same time, we must remember that a woman should enter this background as if she were entering her home; she should feel warm, joyful and comfortable there. It is completely wrong to depict a nude figure on a white sheet of paper. Although our perception can invent the missing attribute of the background, this only creates unnecessary tension for the viewer.

2) Examine the background carefully, if in general terms you are satisfied with it. It should give you an idea of ​​what position a naked woman should stand, sit or lie in, and what parts of her body she should reveal. If you have decided on the image of a female figure, ask your model to take desired position and expose the desired parts of the body. The model should be in one pose for no more than three minutes, during which time you should have time to apply the drawing to the background you made. Don't force her to pose for hours, it won't lead to anything good. If you don't have a model, then draw from your imagination, just don't copy a naked figure from a book or from a computer screen. Let it be difficult, let your lines remind little real contours female figure, but tell yourself: “I don’t care if it doesn’t work out, I’m just drawing abstract painting! After twenty experiments it will start to work out.

3) To draw a figure, take a light piece oil pastel. Never draw in black! The woman's body should be fundamentally lighter than the background, this way you will create the impression of a living body. It is completely wrong for nudity and limbs to be written out dark color. Look carefully at the picture - there are no lines in the contours of the female figure. dark colors. Only intimate place you can emphasize with a darker color (present in the background) - but that’s all!

4) Now about drawing the figure itself. How to learn to draw such gentle and correct lines Do not draw the outline along the entire body, but draw with short, abrupt lines. Draw them quickly, without thinking, so that each line comes out spontaneously, as if you were running your hand along the corresponding part of the female body. For men, it’s worth practicing with your partner’s body first. In general, you need to practice drawing separate lines of the shoulder, neck, chin, eye, nose, chest, thigh, knee, foot, pelvis, abdomen in all possible variations, so that when drawing the entire figure, these lines appear as if automatically. However, you should take breaks between drawing individual elements of the figure to be aware of what happened.

5) After the outline of the nude figure is generally ready, you can strengthen individual lines and also continue working with paints. Never abandon a failed painting, but be sure to finish it. Paint over unsuccessful fragments of the body, introduce elements into the picture that obscure the naked figure. Let some abstract composition remain instead of an imaginary woman, but your experience will continue to live in the subconscious and will soon lead you to the right path. The most important thing is to learn how to draw the chest, neck and stomach, and everything else in the naked female figure is a complement and development of these.

6) What to do next with the painted naked body You definitely need to add something to the picture, because a naked woman should not be alone. It could be a cup, vase, ribbon, etc. The presence of a foreign object in a painting with a nude gives the work a special charm, adds an element of play, and also makes the woman herself animated. Don't miss this moment, because it often happens that a lonely naked girl in a picture looks quite wild if there is no object nearby to divert attention. So, you see that in the picture next to the nude there is also a vase. It’s there for a reason, it’s one of the main requirements of drawing in the nude genre.

7) Now see if everything in your picture is as it should be. Note what specifically you don't like. And then look either in a book or on a computer and find there how other artists solved this problem. Perhaps you failed the face. Look how the same Mark Kazavchinsky draws a face, and keep this in mind for the next time you draw your naked girl again. Or you couldn’t place your hands correctly in the picture. See how other artists have solved the nude woman's hand problem and learn from them. But, again, no need to copy! Copying and adopting experience are two different things. I really hope that when drawing nudes feminine nature you will do without copying in the future. To love the female nature that you draw, and not the drawings of other artists or the photographs of other photographers.

Hi all! And again Dmitry Derevorez is in touch with you. The time has come to touch upon the most ancient origins human perception beauty. What has excited the imagination of artists since the most primitive dark times? What did the first man see as perfection, creating primitive idols for veneration, and then simply for his own aesthetic pleasure? Of course, only beautiful female image was able to awaken the fire of creativity in a very young human soul. And for many millennia now female beauty continues to inspire artists and sculptors to create unique masterpieces of art.

How many magical, gentle, languidly refined and innocent sculptures were born in delight and admiration for the impeccability of the forms of the beautiful half of humanity! A true master, working on a nude sculpture, seems to be writing a hymn to the perfection of a woman. And the aesthetics of girlish curves resembles a melody that fascinates, captivates and delights without the slightest hint of vulgarity.

The Special Life of a Nude Wood Sculpture

A naked female figure made of wood is distinguished from sculptures made of other materials by its special warmth and spirituality. Looking at the perfect curves of the Greek beauty, the coldness of marble and bronze is clearly felt. But just look! In addition to the subtlety of lines and sensual grace, wooden feminine beauty breathes with the power of living material. The wooden maiden seems to have retained the warmth and responsiveness of the master’s hands and now radiates with the gift of life.

Well, how can we not remember the beautiful Galatea, who came to life under the skillful chisel of Pygmalion?

The look of a real artist

Each master puts into his work his own idea of ​​beauty, endless charm and perfection of the female body. Many strive to convey the aesthetics of female nature through a style solution. For example, through exaggerated minimalism and soft, fluid stylization.

Or outright naturalism, hyperrealism and clarity of image.

And sometimes through the creation of a completely new “magical realism”

Some people see the elusive similarity between smooth feminine curves and an impeccable musical instrument, as complex and subtle in tuning as the fickle maiden soul.

The texture of the female soul

Some masters rely on texture and artistic technique.

They are the ones who will best tell about the inner idea and depth of the artist’s thoughts. The cracked material of the female body, the pronounced texture of the wood and the unstable, changeable form can symbolize inner pain, spirituality or the windy inconstancy of female nature. And the chiseled girlish figure, directed upward and as if swaying in the wind, is so similar to the flame of a burning candle on its last legs.

The beauty of a woman is multifaceted, and as a source, it is ready to forever saturate the hearts of artists and viewers with inspiration. And today, I hope you, too, have thoroughly enjoyed this unstoppable flow of aesthetic perfection, splendor and impeccable purity.

It is beautiful in itself, and if the master was able to professionally convey the grace of the feminine in wood carving nudity, then this is the height of perfection and a claim to masterpiece....

We'll meet in the next ones, no less. interesting reviews, Friends!

Hyperrealism is a relatively new direction in painting, which is gaining popularity among artists today. This style is characterized by the incredible precision of the picture drawn, which is sometimes difficult to distinguish from a high-resolution photograph.

The works of former tattoo artist from Cologne Mike Dagras found their grateful audience in the early 2000s. Now he is one of the most famous artists, promoting hyperrealism with their brush. When Mike was eight, he sold his first job; at eleven, the boy copied the works of great artists, drawing them with crayons on the square in front of Cologne Cathedral. However, Dagras never thought that he would connect his life so closely with fine art.

At the age of 20, Mike had already earned a reputation as a professional tattoo artist, having received several awards and grants. The artist found inspiration in the works of Dali, Caravaggio and the modern surrealist Hans Giger. Finally, after 14 years of a successful tattoo career, Mike traded the human body for canvas and picked up a brush.

The characters in Dagras's paintings are ordinary people, whom you meet every day on the street: men and women, old and young, strong and weak - there is a place for everyone on Mike's canvases. The artist subjectively evaluates future models and selects only those faces that are attractive by his own standards. His portraits are full of sensuality and emotional nuances, each a real encyclopedia human essence.

Dagras is currently working on a series of portraits of women whose faces are drenched in honey. If you thought about sexual overtones, then the artist’s own vision of the theme has nothing to do with “high eros.” In fact, honey symbolizes gold, and each portrait should make the viewer think about how quickly society's demands are growing and how quickly we are wasting natural resources.

The portrait process begins with a photograph that Mike takes himself. Before each photo shoot, the artist formulates a specific idea that he wants to convey, although the result always turns out to be unpredictable - and that’s all the fun. If Mike is happy with the shot, he takes the photo to his studio, where he transfers it to canvas. Mike spends several weeks creating one portrait. Often an artist works on two paintings at the same time.

Let's take a look at 7 more artists who create their art using the naked human body.

In one of her most famous performances, entitled “Rhythm 0,” Abramović stood motionless in the center of the hall. The spectators had at their disposal a variety of objects that caused pleasure or pain, which they could dispose of according to their wishes. at will and do whatever you want with the motionless Marina Abramovich. The performance ended with the artist’s clothes torn and her body covered with many cuts and thorns from roses.

At a performance called “Relationships in Space,” a naked Abramovich and her lover twirled and beat each other until they were completely exhausted, trying to show what they were leading to serious relationship between man and woman. Another shocking trick by Abramovich was the idea of ​​placing naked people at the entrance to the exhibition in such a way that visitors had to squeeze between them.

At one of the last events, the artist came out completely naked in the center of Cologne with a poster « Respect us! We are not targets of attack, even when naked!”, thus expressing their attitude towards migrants attacking civilians. However, back in 2014, she became famous for her performance, in which she painted with her vagina. Muare pumped up chicken eggs paint using a syringe, placed them in her vagina and dropped them from a height onto the canvas. The result is a painting in the genre of abstract painting.

In addition, the artist ridiculed the love of many inhabitants of the Earth for selfies, inviting ordinary people in Paris and Berlin to take pictures with her in the city center. Muare was photographed, of course, naked.

Poppy Jackson

Poppy Jackson once sat on a London rooftop for four hours. According to her, with this action she wanted to bring people out of virtual reality V real life. As Jackson said, correspondence on social networks has replaced normal communication between people, and in order to bring “intimacy” back into life, she staged this performance. Indeed, Londoners could take a break from the monitor for a while and admire the naked body of Poppy Jackson through the window.

Casey Jenkins

Feminist Casey Jenkins rose to fame with her vaginal knitting in an Australian gallery. For a month, she pushed the ball into herself every day wool threads and knitted a sweater from them, without taking breaks even during menstruation. Thus, the artist tried to speak out against, in her opinion, society’s incorrect perception of female genital organs. Casey Jenkins believes that women shouldn’t be ashamed and hide them bashfully.

Spencer Tunick

The American artist is known primarily for his large-scale performances, which sometimes involve thousands of naked people. His record-breaking event was in Mexico City in 2007, for which the artist managed to gather 18 thousand volunteers. Then almost the entire Constitution Square of the Mexican capital was filled with naked people. At the same time, for your installation from human bodies Tunic had his volunteers curl up in a fetal position on the ground.

Sarah Small

Most famous action The artist’s production was Tableau Vivant, which can be translated as “living picture.” About 120 people of different genders, nationalities, ages and weight categories took part in the performance, most of whom were completely naked. At the same time, the artist was partly the creator of the musical series, and also played in the production main role. Living picture Sarah Small reminded many of both the works of the surrealists and the works of Bosch.

Hilda Kron Hughes

One of the performances of the Norwegian artist Hilda Krohn Hughes, whose works were seen at the Bloomberg new art exhibition, turned into an embarrassment. To make the video installation, Hughes turned on the camera, climbed a tree in the forest and hung from it on a rope, head down. However, Hughes was unable to extricate herself, so she had to hang in this way for more than three hours until she was finally rescued. Despite the fact that the performance did not go as planned, the artist did not lose her head and came up with a new concept for her installation, which, according to Hughes, now demonstrated the powerlessness of the artist, which is the key to understanding true art.

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