How to Draw the Spine

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How to Draw the Spine

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Anatomy of the Human Body

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Assignments 349Lesson NotesDownloads 3

Assignment: Draw the Spine

There are 3 assignments. "Draw Skelly", "Trace Models" and "Draw Models". Go ahead and download the assignment images from the downlaod tab. Post your drawings in the anatomy discussions.

Check the Lesson Notes for instructions on the three assignments.

Once your finished continue on to the next lesson.

@fifiyellow

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14d

@chinanoahli

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14d

@chinanoahli

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13d

@chinanoahli

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13d

SolisUmbra

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27d

This is my assignment submission for some reason I really struggle with the photo trace over portion of the assignment and also I have noticed that it is sometimes difficult to visualize the bucket shape (and draw the actual bucket lol). Any critiques are welcome!

Joseph Osley

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1mo

Spine Assignment : Draw Skelly 1-6

Joseph Osley

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28d

Redid these after watching the demos. Still not quite getting it. Probably have to do it again.

Joseph Osley

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1mo

Spine Assignment : Tracings

Waner Hoogleiter

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2mo

@robot0906

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2mo

Here’s mine based off the first assignment.

Melanie Scearce

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2mo

Looking good! Be mindful of the connection point of the spine and the pelvis, it should be towards the back edge of the bucket.

Giorgi Karkuzashvili

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3mo

Gotta carefully watch the demos and critiques! The third part with twist definitely was trickier!

@maximilienle2d

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3mo

Doing the 3 exercises in the that order was very good. Having done the first 2 really helped with the third. I tend to put end the lumbar section too soon, attaching it to the bottom of the pelvis (or maybe I'm putting the top plane of the pelvis too low?) so I tried to fix that after watching the reviews.

@crimsonhunter

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3mo

Using the models as references and not tracing them definitely upped the difficulty. I think I did ok for the most part. However I definitely screwed up assignment 14. I can’t understand how to draw the spine and rib cage in that perspective. I need to figure out how the spine moves fully. I couldn’t figure out if the head blocks the spine or not.

Steve Lenze

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3mo

Your spine is pretty straight and stiff. You need to make sure the spine curves over the ribcage, then curves up into the skull, and curves into the pelvis. I did a couple of examples to show you what I mean :)

@crimsonhunter

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3mo

I need help with the last two models for the model tracing assignment. Since I couldn’t fully see the head on the second to last model, I did my best to draw it. I used the “How to Draw the Head from Any Angle” video from YouTube. The last model’s position is really hard to see where the spine, pelvis, and rib cage is. I’d really appreciate it if someone could point out what is wrong. As well as how I can draw it better. This is the one I’m not very confident in. I’ll be redrawing it after some advice. For the others, are the proportions and perspective correct?

@bacid

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5mo

Giving the Spine a shot

Paco Boi

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6mo

Here is the first assignment. As a beginner please go easy on these 🙏

Steve Lenze

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5mo

Hey Paco, nice job on these for a beginner. The one thing you need to remember is that the spine is never completely straight. Try to show the "S" curve of the spine when you draw it. I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, hope it helps :)

Cal Stanback

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6mo

hArtMann

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6mo

Definitely harder than expected but got through it.

Melanie Scearce

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6mo

Great job finding the landmarks on these!

Marco Sordi

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6mo

2024/5/16. Good morning everybody. Here's a small diagram of the spine and the ribcage. Thanks and have a good day.

@dooby

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6mo

Exercise 3: Draw Models A lot of these gave me trouble, poses 14 & 16 definitely gave me the most frustration. Help plz

Jesper Axelsson

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6mo

Hi @dooby, nice drawings! - I think I would recommend starting with a drawing of the figure, then putting the anatomy within it. Once you have the proportions and volumes of the figure, you can look for landmarks that help you place the skeleton. Study how the spine relates to the larger volumes (for example: the thoracic portion ends where the 12th ribs attach to the spine) It helps to do drawings of the skeleton itself, as you've done with the drawings after skelly, since the skeleton is covered in flesh, so to draw it in detail based on a live model, you'll have to rely on your understanding of it. I did a paintover with some tips. (Human Proportions – Average Figure ) I hope this helps :)

@dooby

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6mo

Exercise 2: Trace Models Yeah lol number 9 really boggled mah brain, some help on that one specifically would would be greatly appreciated

Melanie Scearce

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6mo

These are looking good! I see what you mean about number 9, my advice would be to look for the boney landmarks, like the bottom of her ribcage where the skin is pulled tight over it. If you had that placement correct I think it all would have made a lot more sense :)

@dooby

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6mo

Exercise 1: Draw Skelly Critiques much appreciated

Arman Jucutan

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6mo

Hello, everyone. Here are my work for the trace portion of the assignment. Proportions were a lot easier since I am tracing but perspective of hips and spine was certainly difficult. Similar to my previous posts, critiques are welcomed (especially in regards to perspective and accuracy of my work) Thank you advance to whoever will critique my work in the future :)

Arman Jucutan

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7mo

Hello, here is my attempt for the Skelly references. The hips and ribcages were not the best but I hope the spine captured the gesture and proportions well at the very least! Thank you kindly in advance for your input !