Also the carrying angle of the arms is greater in woman than men. That
is, if arms are held straight down with palms facing forward, the angle
between directly down and where the forearm actually points is bigger in
women. (learnt THAT one in 2nd year genetics - who said science had no
artistic value?)

Jacinta


Ellice wrote:
On 7/21/03 9:55 PM,"Brenda Lewis" posted:


And inside of elbow to wrist = length of the foot

SunFire wrote:

Well, shoulder to elbow should be equal to elbow to tip of fingers
(approximately, had to bend my elbow and put my hand on my shoulder to make
sure) And, shoulder to tip of fingers should end up right about halfway
between the butt and the knee.


Ah, but this also depends on whether you are using the more anatomically
correct proportional scale, or the slightly elongated, more pleasing to the
eye scale. A thing which has been beaten into my little engineer fighting
the artist head - by the instructor in my adv figure studio class. Drawing
an artistically pleasing subject, rather than a portrait of the model, who
is just there for reference - not a portrait. Except in portrait class, of
course.

And, the proportions for women are slightly different than for men, not just
hip width, but angles, slope of the legs, relative length of torso, arms,
etc.

Darn, I just miss going and draw'n them thar nekked peeples. Some really
interesting models.

Seriously, Caryn, do you have a mannequin - I find it helps with
foreshortening, and some posing in getting a better grip on the proportions.
Also, great reference book (one of my splurges last year) "Anatomy Lessons
from the Great Masters" - just what it says. Takes great works of art, and
lets you see how wonderful artists portrayed anatomy, so incredibly well.

ellice



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