![Simplifying the skeleton The skeleton can be an intimidating thing to approach, not for it’s halloween persona or supernatural qualities but simply because of its complexity. Not just in […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/skeleton-115x115.jpg "Simplifying the skeleton")
![Good proportions are critical to a convincing drawing but what precisely makes ‘good proportions’? How heroes are made There are various canons of proportion; The figure 7 1/2 heads high, […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/canons-of-proportion-115x115.jpg "Perfectly in Proportion?")
![I made this écorché skull under the direction of sculptor Eleanor Crook, as part of an inspiring summer school at the Ruskin School of Art: Focussing on ‘Art and Anatomy’ the […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Ecorche-head-115x115.jpg "Écorché Skull at the Ruskin Art and Anatomy Summer school")
![I’m starting with the skull in my quest to draw the figure from memory. It’s my benchmark for learning anatomy and a great way to check that I am actually […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/skull-construction-115x115.jpg "Starting with the skull: anatomy")
![At first when I tried to learn anatomy I had no idea where to start. I had the books, but each time I looked at them I was lost. What […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/anatomy-overlay-115x115.jpg "Learning Anatomy")
![Anatomy strategy I’ve been studying anatomy for a little while now; I’ve been to workshops with Alan McGowan, and attended the anatomy sessions at LARA. I feel like I’ve made […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mannikin-115x115.jpg "Anatomy – Strategy")
![When I first started trying to learn anatomy I found it really difficult. I knew it would really improve my drawing but I wasn’t sure exactly how. I was (and […]](http://helen-frost.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/AIA-2010_2-115x115.jpg "Why learn anatomy?")
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Metadrawer is me, Helen Frost.
Metadrawer is blog of my reflections on drawing. I draw to think, to explain, to communicate, to record and to express myself.
Metadrawer is a search for meaning, a space to reflect and a chance to connect.
You can see more of my work at Helen Frost: Seeking sublime gestures.
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“I invent nothing, I rediscover.”
Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917)