Constructive Arm Drawing

This video is all about constructive arm drawing. Drawing arms, or any other form in space from your imagination is all about learning to manipulate and turn forms in space, so I structured this video with that process in mind. I also felt like it would be helpful to include a section at the end that covers reference study, which is a great way to take what you know, and build on it using the work of other artists, or from life.

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[realera]

Dave you're helping thousands of aspiring artist around the world. God bless you sir!

[tutuwsc]

When you find these tutorials, it feels so good.

[sombernaut]

This is amazing how you bring Bridgman's complexity and explains it in such a digestible way. You are awesome, Dave. Thanks a lot!

[ALYoung]

I'm liking all the recent uploads. Thanks for this!

[NemesysKnight]

Dave, you are one of the most prolific comic book artists of our time. Thank you for using your talent to help others.

[carlkligerman]

Man no other artist I’ve come across in front of a pay wall has illuminated Bridgman’s approach as clearly and succinctly as you do here. Thank you so much!

[erickgroveart]

I wish I could like this video multiple times! This right here is art instruction. Examples, breakdowns and the why behind it, then the application. Then we get the bonus golden nuggets of advice. Thanks so much for these David, you are a natural teacher, and so thankful for your willingness to teach others.

[christianrojasart]

You are the best teacher! Also as a left-handed it is comforting to see you draw, because it is something I can feel. Thanks for all those videos and live streams sharing your knowledge David! Hope to see you the next monday!

[OmniRadio]

David is a saint for making descriptive tutorial videos on multiple body parts which helps a lot.
Thank you so much.

[smoothforreal]

I think I finally found some videos that can help me. I so happy I found the David Finch channel

[trueprojectzero]

David, I can't thank you enough on how you make it so simple to understand complex concepts and share it with us. Great artist and inspiration to me

[kennywang]

Finally! I've been waiting all week Thank u Dave!

[KamilBuffenmyer]

Thank you David! Finally a tutorial that I have been waiting for a long time!

[giuseppeconti]

Amazing to see you drawing and explaining .... thank you for your videos !

[KillerTacos]

I've been waiting for this video! Thank you Mr Finch! Also the part of the video where you drew all the interlocking muscles was absolutely beautiful!! I hope you do something like that for all (if not most) of your tutorials! Such a useful thing see. It’s genuinely therapeutic seeing you breakdown muscles like this

[lorddoge]

This video was extremely helpful! I was confused about the forearm and deltoid muscle anatomy, but after watching this video and following the instructions thoroughly, I was able to draw and get it right this time. Thank you, Mr. David Finch!

[MightyR]

Its always great to see how you do your shadowing, from subtle, to the Major. Trust me, this helps! Been waiting for this one for a awhile! Thanx big bro!😊🔥

[theartjedi]

Thank you so much for this David! I really needed it. I think this may be one of your best tutorials yet, and you explain the arm perfectly. I’ve been especially struggling with forearms, so breaking it into cube, 3-d like shapes is really going to help me. Most videos I’ve watched don’t go nearly in as depth as yours has, where you basically tell us everything we need to know.

[omegaredtooth]

This is the best! Ty for covering proportions right off the first abstraction of geometric shapes

[chusoskever]

David, first of all thanks for the tutorials, you're an amazing artist, and second, I would love to see how to draw non muscular people, like super skinny people like myself or fat people, from super fat to just some belly and a little bit of overweight, might not be what you're used to draw, but would love to see how you do it :P