Human Anatomy (From the Renaissance to the Digital Age)

Human Anatomy (From the Renaissance to the Digital Age), by Benjamin A. Rifkin & Michael J Ackerman
This book combines brief biographies of 20 or so important anatomists from the last 500 years with beautiful reproductions of their work.
It’s fascinating on several levels. Obviously, it traces the development of anatomical knowledge over the centuries. In today’s [...]

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Sunday Study Notes – Nov 8, 2009

Posts I’ve learned from this week:

Mark Kennedy, at Temple of the Seven Golden Camels, wrote a post about staging, Basic Staging Principles (part 1). Which reminded me that I had started a study of perspective several months ago before major renovations got in the way. I must dig it out this week and get it [...]

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The Simple Secret to Better Painting

One of the reasons I wanted to study composition this summer was to try to make sense out of all the compositon “rules” I’ve been given.  Put the horizon high. Or low. The rule of thirds.  Lead the eye around the canvas.  The golden section.  Odd numbers, not even.  Don’t put your centre of interest in [...]

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