The MOST useful anatomy idea is also super simple

The Life Drawing Study Group gives you consistent progress every month: Try the free Fresh Eyes challenge to level up your figure drawing: Join our community and access our free references: Learn about the Life Drawing Study Group: Get our free guide to life drawing skills and join our super useful newsletter: Anatomeasy is a series of tutorials I m starting about the anatomy of different areas of the figure. A lot of the wonderful books and guidance out there about anatomy for artists is comprehensive and therefore quite complex That s a hard place to start. So I want to help you get started by seeing the things that really matter the most. Check out Scot Breton s simplified ribcage 3D models here: 0:00 Introduction 0:47 Simplifying the ribcage 2:15 Putting basic anatomy knowledge into practice 3:35 Tip 1 Visualise the ribcage 4:46 Tip 2 Where the ribcage ends 5:27 Tip 3 The ribcage is a solid shape 6:17 Tip 4 Squash and stretch 7:18 Tip 5 Check the sternum, not the shoulders 8:22 Bringing it all together