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Learning how to draw muscles in motion will harness the power of gesture. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Knowing how to draw muscles in motion will add fluidity and movement into a still image. This tutorial will study the male back and arms, exploring the natural rhythm of the muscles, and the expressiveness they display when they work in union and counter-balance to propel the body with grace and style. It's a beautiful thing to observe for someone who loves anatomy, but it opens a whole new world of possibilities for an artist - flowing shapes, lines and rhythmic tones. Mastering how to convey that in a piece will enhance your work. If you would like to further extend your anatomy drawing capabilities with more tutorials, check out our posts on figure drawing, how to draw an arm, and our roundup of the best how to draw tutorials.

Can these digital line drawing exercises help a beginner get better? Read on for Patrick J Jones' in-depth tutorial on how to draw muscles. Click on the icon at the top-right of the image to enlarge it. Before we begin the tutorial, a word on anatomy. Anatomy is basically the same for everyone in a non-action pose, but the moment we move, the muscles change shape and affect each other as they jostle and push against each other. In other words, muscles are shape-shifters. Add to the fact that we're all different shapes and sizes with different personalities and degrees of expression, and we end up with unlimited chances for expression using the human figure. Look at the way a boxer moves compared to a ballerina and you’ll see a world of difference in expression of line and tone within what is basically the same human anatomy. Of course, studies by nature are a notoriously slow affair, with a studied drawing usually ending up on the stiff side.

Daily design news, reviews, how-tos and more, as picked by the editors. To identify the muscles and their interactions, reference the photos shown here against the Tug-of-War study sheet at the end of the article. My first book, The Anatomy of Style, was initially all study sheets documenting my knowledge of anatomy, TitanRise but then became a more voluminous book. Taking those first notes and learning anatomy memory clues and basic structural shapes gradually fed my subconscious and freed me up to draw gesturally. Unfortunately, I’d not drawn for TitanRise a month before this assignment. I’d been in the US for the wonderful IX show on imaginative realism, Titan Rise Male Enhancement where I was giving a lecture on my latest book, Figures from Life, which is about the gesture of anatomy. On that note, the best way to counter stiffness borne of outrageous rust is to draw lots of gestural drawings beforehand. Okay, with that said, let’s get started…

In this photo, the rhythm of life in muscle movement is evident - when we learn to see it. Note the waves created when the rib-cage bites into the side obliques, and the rolling hills running from the shoulder across the raised arm. Here, the body suggests motion even in stillness. Using my two-finger-wide sharpened charcoal piece, I draw in the simple shapes to begin with. The male figure is notoriously blocky and I need to find as much gesture as I can. By finding simplicity we can uncover gesture, even in blocks. Remember that gesture is king. If we work only with structure in mind, then our drawings will be stiff. Keep lines long and loose whenever possible. I work on the ‘pinched’ side of the body first because the distances between forms is shorter and easier to judge than on the wider, longer stretch side of the body.