Knee studies in sequence
Knee sequence studies My fascination of all joints was focused on the knee today. In a way it's a very simple joint: it is essentially one big hinge, like that on a door that can only swing one way open and shut. Yet it also allows for rotation medially and laterally when the [...]
hand studies Sept 28 2018
I had the opportunity to draw with some students at the University of Guelph this evening. Once again I was drawn to the hand and especially the skeleton. The nature of the wrist is of particular interest since it is so pivotal to the movement of the wrist; the carpals in particular. There wasn't enough [...]
Torso Study Day
Every Thursday I have my favorite model come by for some drawing. Lately it's been hand and arm rotation studies. Today I felt like looking at the torso and the amazing muscles that surround and move the arm. Of course one can't help but take it further out the arm or down toward the legs. [...]
Arm Rotation studies of the hand
Pencil studies of a hand gripping a partial sphere and rotating to test the limits of the movement of joints.
Hand Rotations
Building on a study from a previous session, I've worked a rotation of the hand from supination to pronation. Endlessly fascinating. The model's hand with the drawing. Nothing like working from life. 9B on Arches 88
Arms and Forelimbs, Human, Polar bear & Seal
I just spent Saturday morning studying the Extensor muscles of the human forearm. It is truly fascinating to see how all the muscles that extend both the hand at the wrist and the fingers originate on the bony prominence of the humerus called the Lateral Epicondyle. In a similar way, all the flexors originate on [...]
Arm Studies at the U of Guelph Anatomy Lab Today
For a hot summer day, it was a chilly but very productive day inside at the U of Guelph Gross Human Anatomy Lab. I was in for a day of studies for my own personal enjoyment, and enjoyment it was. The great staff there gave me lots to chose from but I focused on the [...]