It's amazing to watch Rob draw, he is a magician. And, like the other instructors at Studio Incamminati, so generous with his knowledge. Rob would draw a demo, like here of the torso and back, then overlay the muscles so we could understand what was going on underneath the skin.
He pointed out that when we understand what's going on underneath the skin, how muscles and bone rise and fall, it keeps us from blindly copying shadows and lumps in the form. Often these shadows and forms trick the eye, and we end up with a drawing, that while properly copied, doesn't make sense to the eyes of others.
It reminded me of something Sherrie McGraw says; "Don't just draw what you see, draw what you understand." Which differs from another school of drawing thought, which is, "Draw what you see, not what you think you see."
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