Charles X. Carlson - Pencil Drawing, Charcoal Drawing and Art Anatomy

Charles X. Carlson was a prolific artist and author of art instruction books in the 1940s. Here's a link to a portrait on a blog by his nephew. He was a founder of the Octoraro Art Association. Another link to a Chester County, Pa. post about Charles X. Carlson.
The original book at Amazon.com A Simplified Art Anatomy of the Human Figure: The Essentials of Anatomy for Students and Proffessionals with over 350 Drawings, and the Dover reprint Art Anatomy Simplified.



Pencil, Ink and Charcoal Drawing This Dover book combines 3 of the books.

Here are some samples from two of them.

The Simplified Essentials of Charcoal Drawing

Simplified Pencil Drawing another copy Simplified pencil drawing,

Some covers of other books.



The Direct Technique Water Color Painting: Facts, Methods and Tricks Illustrated and Simplified



Simplified Pocket Art Anatomy


Simplified ink, pen and brush drawing (His art instruction series)












Constructive Animal Drawing

Charles X. Carlson books on Ebay.









Figure Drawing for All It's Worth (How to draw and paint)


Charcoal Nudes (Gateways Fine Art Series)












Art Anatomy Simplified

Related books:

Simplified anatomy of the human figure;: A guide to drawing for students and artists,


Simplified Anatomy for the Comic Book Artist: How to Draw the New Streamlined Look of Action-Adventure Comics!

John Bell - Engravings, Explaining the Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints

This book was published in 1794 and included 191 pages and 24 etched plates.

John Bell (1763-1820), born in Edinburgh Scotland, was a surgeon and anatomist. John Bell is considered the father of modern vascular surgery. His other works include “Principles of Surgery”, and “Anatomy of the Human Body”.

He illustrated his own work.

Wikipedia page.

A more complete biography at Electric Scotland.com.

Another image at Scotland Medicine in Print.

A post about why John Bell chose to do his own art work at Street Anatomy.

An image from the University of Nottingham.

An image from Engravings of the bones, muscles, and joints, illustrating the first volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell from the National Institute of Health's exhibition Dream Anatomy.

At Amazon.com

The anatomy and physiology of the human body. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints, and the heart and arteries, by John Bell; and the anatomy and physiology of the brain and nerves, the organs of the senses, and the viscera, by Charles Bell.

The anatomy and physiology of the human body. By John and Charles Bell. The whole more perfectly systematized and corrected by Charles Bell.... The fifth American edition; (reprinted from the sixth London edition of 1826.) The text revised, with various important additions, from the writings of Soemmering, Bichat, Beclard, Meckel, Spurzheim, Wistar, &c. by John D. Godman.

Anatomy of the Human Body 4 Volumes bound as 2

The anatomy and physiology of the human body

The Anatomy of the human body

John Lizars - Anatomical Plates

A SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES OF THE HUMAN BODY

Drawn by John Lizars F.R.S.E., the 19th century anatomist and surgeon who studied at the University of Edinburgh and who was to later become Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons. Engraved by his Brother William Lizars and published between 1822 and 1826 for John Lizars, hand colored version at right.

See a copy at Google Books.

Article on John Lizars by Arnold Levene. Another article titled Centenary of a Forgotten Pioneer of the Surgery of Trigeminal Neuralgia.