Posted on Jul-07-2009

Art Models 3: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series) (No. 3)


Having little time to attend any of the local live model sessions, I purchased this book to improve my figure drawing skills. The book along with the included CD of additional poses, and the publisher's website ([...]), are an amazing resource for mature artists of any skill level interested in drawing the human figure. I was particularly impressed with Douglas Johnson, the book's publisher. When registering the book online, to receive additional FREE poses, I made a suggestion regarding a need for more dramatically-lit figures. Douglas Johnson emailed me back immediately with suggested poses from the website, and a promise to keep my suggestion in mind for future model sessions.
Important: The book, including the covers, CD, and website does include very tasteful, yet excessive nudity of both female and male figures. It not a book you want to keep laying around your house or studio, if you have young children about.

Art Models 3: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series) (No. 3)

Product Description:

While no book can replace a live model, this photographic guide to the human form provides a diverse selection of figures for those who do not have access to live models. Posed in a variety of classical and modern modes, the models are set in a clear, clean environment that is void of distractions and enhances the figure. All of the high-resolution photographs were painstakingly edited and adjusted to yield all the nuances of the figures. The companion disc contains 24 photographs per pose that, in totality, comprises a full 360 degree view. Each angle of every pose can be enlarged, enabling artists to zoom in on specific body parts to discover their intricate detail or project the photos to life-like proportions. The disc also offers the flexibility of numerous viewing options—on a computer screen, printed out, projected for a group, or via a high-definition television when connected through a computer.



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  • ISBN13: 9780976457398
  • Condition: New
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Posted on Jun-05-2009

Art Models 2: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series) (No. 2)


Without doubt it's the best visual reference available for those of us who can't afford to pay models. There's a good selection of body types,male and female, and they can be rotated and enlarged with excellent resolution.There is a good selection of poses with excellent lighting too . I've been doing artwork since I was a child and this has proved to be a valuable tool for the artistic study of human anatomy. Buy it, you can't go wrong on this one.

Art Models 2: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts (Art Models series) (No. 2)



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Author:
  • Maureen Johnson
  • Douglas Johnson
Edition: illustrated edition
ISBN: 0976457377
Number Of Pages: 128
Languages:
Unknown: English
Original Language: English
Published: English

Product Description:
Artists looking to supplement a live model class or hone their skills from the comfort of home are provided with a solid pictorial guide to the human form in this detailed reference. Nearly 200 crisp photographs portray a diverse group of male and female models from a variety of angles in 52 classically inspired poses. Precise lighting reveals otherwise hidden areas of the models and illustrates rich shadowing and tone, while an anatomical study, inspired by da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, presents detailed proportional references for each model.


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Customer Reviews


Best of Art Model series, but still sorely lacking
Although this is the best of the Art Model series books because the models' bodies are not obscured by the annoying, puzzling, questionable lighting and "artful photography" of other books in the series, it is still sorely lacking in natural poses, natural action, and varied body types. The CD that allows for 360 degree views of every pose would be a lot more useful if those poses were not so static, "classical", and stiff. This is not the fault of the models but of the publishers and photographers who produce the series.


Art Models 2 Photo Book
This is an excellent book for art students, photographers and other artists interested in studying the huamn form. The book is organized by model. Several classic art nude poses are illustrated from different angles. The book also includes a CD with many photos from the book available for closer review. I recommend this book for all artists and photographers. Cheers!


Wow! Better than the first one
This second volume in the series is even better than the first, better models(with better muscle definition) and the concept of posing them as classical art pieces is a great touch. I got this version, the hardcover with the cd-rom and is and innvaluable tool for the classical trained artist and art student. No machine is better designed and refined than the human body and this book is good evidence of it.


Art Models 2
I reccomend this book for anyone interested in figure study and photography due to the wide array of model and body types. This book has very powerful poses. These models have a chemistry and rapport with being photographed that makes their posing look very natural. The models are various and there is no one body type to get tired of seeing.

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