A Million Million free tutorials on drawing the human figure
Thursday, February 22, 2007
That’s right — a gazillion! Okay, maybe not a gazillion, but pretty close. This link has 178 video tutorials on YouTube by artist Riven Phoenix (not to be confused with River Phoenix I’m sure) that range anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes long. This first episode, shown here (which, admittedly, I haven’t watched in its entirety), is kind of weird in that it’s a lesson on method, rather than one that results in a practical end result, and Riven teaches this episode with a strange “creature contraption” metaphor that’s a little hard to follow. But I’ve skipped ahead a few epsiodes, and it’s a great-looking resource, and pretty amazing that they’re all online
Here is a Sample
All 5 DVD Volumes (43 Hours): The Structure of Man DVD (Lessons 1-178) - From Invention to Complete Human Skeleton - Muscles of Human Head, Neck, Torso, Arms - Muscles of Hand, Pelvis, legs, Foot, Final lesson - Gesture Drawing (Lessons 1-12) , Figure Sketching Process ( Lessons 1-9), Realistic Rendering, Creation Process of Frankenstein (Lessons 1-10), Advance Concepts (Lessons 1-8), Advance Head Study( Lessons 1-9)
$25.00 + ($4 s&h) (Priced for All Artists)

$25.00 + ($4 s&h) (Priced for All Artists)