I've been trying to look at pictures of the muscles of the Forearm but I just can't get it. It's so complicated the way one of the bones
twists and the other stays put; I haven't been able to find really good reference online. :\ I've never asked this before but how exactly do you study the forearm anatomy? I thought you could just memorize muscle locations and movement but that isn't enough to actually understand it.This is really bothering me, I just need a tip on drawing the forearm and it's bones and muscles.

well.. to be honest... I don't really know how exactly... but when I draw forearms I just remember that they start from the elbows. (DUH!) I know... BUT just like many things in figure drawings... it's all about drawing through the lines. That's what gives volumes, depths, and twists which you've mentioned. That's as far as I can tell you. :heh:

Where do you think the elbow should stop and the forearm begins, when you are lining the arms up perfectly with the body????

Yeah, I guess your right, it's so complicated it's best understood as lines, But I did study the muscles because I like to show the muscles in the forearm alot especially in male characters. :lol:

Yeah, I guess your right, it's so complicated it's best understood as lines
No, you want to understand them as volume, like everything else.

I've been trying to look at pictures of the muscles of the Forearm but I just can't get it.
How long did you try before deciding they were too complicated to learn? Ten minutes? An hour? Two hours? I've heard it takes ten thousand hours of practice to master an art (like drawing). Divide that up over the different parts of the body....you should devote like a thousand hours of practice to the forearm before giving up?

This is why I said you were underestimating drawing. Go practice for three hours a day for the next two weeks, and then come back. I already gave you good reference on the full human form in your other forum. Check out the Loomis books if you want to see how the muscles and such work (you should.) Copy all the drawings in one of his anatomy books five times, being sure to try as hard as you can on each drawing.
This probably sounds like an insane amount of work to you, because it is. But learning to draw correctly is a ridiculous undertaking. You won't understand how to draw forearms for a long while yet. Just keep drawing them over and over again. And over and over and over and over again. I don't even know how many sketchbooks I have crammed full of anatomy drawings, and I'm still bad at drawing people. XD

Where do you think the elbow should stop and the forearm begins, when you are lining the arms up perfectly with the body????

I suppose the rule of thumb is to end the elbow and start the forearm at the bottom of the ribcage. Other's would tell you to stop and start at the belly button, but I find the bottom of the ribcage to be easier to find than a belly button.

Oh, yes well I took a drawing course online so I know all the basic proportions, it's just the nitty-gritty muscles that are so difficult. But I
drew arm muscles over and over today for about an hour of uninterrupted practice and study. It think it really helps group the little muscles close to each other into single sections until you truly understand the forms, then you can get more and more detailed. :lol:

I found fantastic reference too: http://akamaru-tv.deviantart.com/#/d4aw56s

those are freakin awesome! :D