Anatomy is. To draw the human figure with fidelity and richness, we need to know the underlying musculoskeletal anatomy. Function follows form.

so passionate--- thank you for sharing your work

Most importantly, there are no judges, no fails....just an eraser

It's particularly funny when TSA discovers bones in a suitcase.
Too bad you didn't enjoy anatomy--I didn't either. But artistic anatomy is a completely different experience.

VR offers lots of possibilities--- but cadavers are still used. Learning anatomy from a cadaver was about memorizing from a body in decline if not diseased. Learning from a life model is about living form and function.

OOPS: The book title is Observational Drawing: Phenomorphological Meditations.

Alas, both Netter and his drawings are lifeless. In medical school, I could not learn from his books.

The use of the blackboard has its roots in the Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux-Arts in Paris.