Books for Arab American Heritage Month
In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.
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The human body was built to move. Therefore, you’ve got to find a way to make your figures move in whatever pose they’re in. But how do you do that? You’ve probably heard of the line of action. It’s a long line sketched in at the rough stage of the drawing to emphasize the fluidity of the pose. The line of the spine serves the same purpose.
Whichever way the spine is curving or bending is the same way the body generally moves. So use the line of the spine (indicated in red in the drawings here) to indicate this flow of action. When you sketch the line of the spine in your rough drawings, try to make it curve, and you’ll avoid making a stiff drawing.
The human body was built to move. Therefore, you’ve got to find a way to make your figures move in whatever pose they’re in. But how do you do that? You’ve probably heard of the line of action. It’s a long line sketched in at the rough stage of the drawing to emphasize the fluidity of the pose. The line of the spine serves the same purpose.
Whichever way the spine is curving or bending is the same way the body generally moves. So use the line of the spine (indicated in red in the drawings here) to indicate this flow of action. When you sketch the line of the spine in your rough drawings, try to make it curve, and you’ll avoid making a stiff drawing.
In honor of Arab American Heritage Month in April, we are sharing books by Arab and Arab American authors that share their culture, history, and personal lives.
For National Poetry Month in April, we are sharing poetry collections and books about poetry by authors who have their own stories to tell. These poets delve into history, reimagine the present, examine poetry itself—from traditional poems many know and love to poems and voices that are new and original.
