Being an illustrator requires that you master a wide variety of different techniques. For those that are serious about their art, this means they should find a way to get in some life drawing or drawing from a live model. A live model gives an illustrator a better idea of how the body is connected, one part to another, and how they flow into one another. Even for those looking to work with a more cartoonish style, knowing how a body works can be an intrinsic part of their knowledge, allowing them to draw almost anything that they can imagine.
The Human Body
By taking advantage of a class in life drawing in London an illustrator can attain a better appreciation of the human form. Learning how the curves of the human form go together in order to create the aesthetics of the human form can actually be a major step for some artists. Not all artists seem to realize that the human form is far more complicated than they realize and possibly more simple at the same time. It is only by being able to inspect a human body at close range and draw what they see that artists begin to appreciate the form for the beauty that it represents.
The Abstract
An artist needs to also be able to look at both the human and the form as separate entities; ideally, he can separate the two at the same time as well. That ability to look at the human body on two separate planes at the same time is not just a neat trick; it allows the artist to concentrate on what he needs to draw as well as be inspired by what he sees. An artist needs that inspiration in order to keep drawing; they need to find what makes each person unique and bring that out in their drawing. That inspiration can keep the artist drawing for a long time.
Leaning life drawing in London is something that every artist should try at least once. Only by learning how to draw the human form can an artist hope to attain any level of mastery. This is not to say that you should spend more than a few months at a time drawing the human form, but you should at least look into drawing a number of different forms and genders, all to become a lot better at your art.
