anatomy studies. who doesn't love um?

Anatomy studies to start off the school year right... I'll be working on cast drawings soon, but haven't got the cast goo to get a move on that yet. So its pre - anatomy study time. Working on getting a basic sense of proportion and muscle shapes branded into my brain before later on this year getting into some more serious in-depth anatomy study. The basic plan - to memorize proportions, basic muscle masses and bone points. Then move on to a more detailed study and memorization of muscles and movement studies. Hopefully a solid base of anatomy will help with moving on to learning to construct basic figures from my head and be able to rotate a figure in space.

One of the most important skills studying classical technique gives you is the ability to draw from life with a fine sense of realism, to have a good understanding of how to render the form. But because I want to work with more surrealist concepts I need to know how to manipulate the form and figure. I need to learn how to not only draw what I see, but draw what I can't see as well. I've got a long way to go, but the first step on the road to not sucking...anatomy studies.

Some anatomy references I've found very helpful...
   Human Anatomy for Artists by Eliot Goldfinger
   Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers PEck
   An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists by Fritz Schider
   Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life by George Bridgman
   Artistic Anatomy by Paul Richer
                                                                                                posted by Crystal