Use these DVDs to enhance your familiarity with human anatomy and create more realistic, life-like works of art.

Take your students into the studio for an over-the-shoulder look at the various skills and techniques demonstrated by professional artists and illustrators.

Costa Vavagiakis takes portrait painting beyond the basics with a thorough examination of anatomical features and an in-depth explanation of using plumb lines and apex points to lay in shapes. Also learn to capture light and shadow effects.

In this video, Larry Withers shows viewers how to pose and render the manikin, and then transform their drawings by smoothing out the contours and adding muscle groups and landmarks to create a lifelike drawing.

Costa Vavagiakis instructs in this stunning demonstration of drawing the nude figure from life. Be amazed as the artist, working with only a simple pencil, a white pastel pencil, and a kneaded eraser, creates the breathtaking illusion of life.