In this superb guidebook, a skilled practitioner of figure drawing demonstrates how to achieve mastery of anatomy through careful, knowledgeable articulation of the muscles and bones lying beneath the skin. Joseph Sheppard's concise instructions have been carefully integrated with over 250 halftone illustrations and over 180 line drawings to lead artists one step at a time through the techniques required in rendering human anatomy convincingly.The opening chapter of the book presents the special techniques involved in mastering human proportion.The chapters that follow each deal with a separate part of the body: the arm, hand, leg, foot, torso, head, and neck (with special coverage of facial features and expressions) and the complete figure.Each of these chapters follows a basic format that combines drawings of the featured body portion from many different angles, coverage of the specific bones and muscles involved, a table of muscle origins and insertions, and coverage of surface anatomy and depictions of the body part in a variety of positions.

Introduction1. PROPORTION Landmarks2. THE ARM Schematic Drawings "Front View, Palm Out (Supination)" "Back View, Palm Out (Supination)" "Front View, Palm In (Pronation)" "Back View, Palm In (Pronation)" "Inside of Arm, Supinated" "Inside of Arm, Pronated" "Outside of Arm, Supinated" "Outside of Arm, Pronated" "Front View, Arm Raised Away from Body" "Outside View, Biceps Flexed" "Front View, Arm Flexed" Bones Shoulder Socket Upper Arm (Humerus) Shoulder Joint Forearm (Radius and Ulna) Elbow Joint Bones of the Hand and Wrist Wrist Joint Muscles Back of Arm Front of Arm Outside of Arm Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy3. THE HAND Schematic Drawings Palm Side Back of the Hand Little Finger Side Thumb Side Muscles Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy4. THE LEG Schematic Drawings Front View Back View Outside of Leg Inside of Leg "Front View, Extended with Toes Pointing Out" "Back View, Extended with Toes Pointing Out" "Outside View, Leg in Flexed Position" "Front of the Inside of Flexed Leg, with Knee Pointed Out" Bones Pelvis Upper Leg (Femur) Hip Joint Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula) Knee Joint Bones of the Foot Ankle Joint Muscles Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy5. THE FOOT Schematic Drawings Outside of Foot Inside of Foot Front View Back View Top of Foot Bottom of Foot Muscles Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy6. THE TORSO Schematic Drawings Front View Back View Side View Back View with Torso Bent and Arm Raised Side View of Torso with Arm Raised Forward Side View of Torso with Arm Pulled Back Front View of Torso with Arms Raised Bones Spinal Column Vertebrae Ribcage Muscles Torso Armpit Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy7. HEAD AND NECK Schematic Drawings Front View Side View Front View with Head and Neck Turned Side View with Head Down Side View with Head Back Bones Skull Neck Joint Muscles Table of Muscle Origins and Insertions Surface Anatomy of the Neck The Features Ear Nose Lips Eye Teeth Facial Expressions8. COMPLETE FIGURE Veins