Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 6: Designing the Hands

[New Masters Academy]

We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 6th lesson, Mark will go over the Reilly Head Abstraction in detail and analyze selected master works of Matania. He will then demonstrate how to design the hands, first by laying in the structure, and then by refining the design through tonal and value control.

Materials

• Prismacolor Turquoise Drawing Pencil
• Smooth Newsprint
• Conté Charcoal Pencil

[ChrisTessmer]

If anyone is wondering about the Joseph Morgan Henninger books Mark recommends in the “4. Refining and designing” video around ~35:00, I found one that is in print/ebook: “Drawing of the Hand (2013).”

 

Judging by the Library of Congress’ records,  the 2013 Dover edition is probably a (slightly) smaller reprint of the hardcover “Drawing of the hand, and its anatomy (1973).”   It is the only art instruction book by Joseph M. Henninger that the LoC has on file.

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