--- product_id: 67866284 title: "Morpho: Anatomy for Artists" price: "£32.79" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/67866284-morpho-anatomy-for-artists store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Compact 6" x 8.3" size Detailed anatomy flap with labels Loose sketch style drawings Morpho: Anatomy for Artists **Price:** £32.79 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > ✏️ Unlock the art of anatomy — your sketchbook’s new best friend! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Morpho: Anatomy for Artists - **How much does it cost?** £32.79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/67866284-morpho-anatomy-for-artists) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Highly Rated & Trusted:** 4.8⭐ from 1,400+ art enthusiasts, a must-have supplement for serious figure drawers - • **Pocket-Sized Precision:** Perfectly portable 15x21 cm format for on-the-go study - • **Sketch-Driven Learning:** Looser, dynamic sketches that reveal the artist’s process, not just the polished result - • **Expertly Curated Content:** Authored by a skilled anatomist blending art and science seamlessly - • **Interactive Anatomy Flap:** Unique back flap with numbered labels to master muscle functions and insertion points ## Overview Morpho: Anatomy for Artists is a compact, expertly illustrated anatomy guide designed specifically for artists seeking to deepen their understanding of the human figure. Featuring a unique back flap with detailed, numbered labels of muscles and bones, it facilitates memorization through repetition. Its loose, sketch-style drawings provide insight into the artistic process, making it an essential supplement for art students and professionals alike. Highly rated and portable, it’s perfect for mastering anatomy anytime, anywhere. ## Description The essential, bestselling guide for all artists who draw the human figure! Most anatomy books for artists give you labeled diagrams and expect you to figure out the rest. Morpho: Anatomy for Artists takes a different approach, one rooted in the morphology tradition, where understanding shape comes before understanding structure. In this book, author and instructor Michel Lauricella introduces the concept of “morpho”: a method of studying anatomy that strips away medical detail and focuses only on what actually determines the visible form—bone landmarks, muscle masses, and fat deposits as they appear under the skin. The result is a remarkable way of seeing the body that translates directly to the page. This is not a general how-to-draw course. It’s a dedicated morphology reference for artists who are ready to go deeper. What’s inside: • Original écorché drawings, sketches, and figure studies by the author—over 1,000 illustrations • Coverage of every major region: head and neck, torso, roots of the arm, upper limb, lower limb, and full-body overviews • Multiple angles and levels of detail for each region—from skeletal structure to surface form • Discussion of how movement, contraction, and flexion change visible shape This book is for you if: • You draw figures of any kind—characters, portraits, nudes, comics, concept art—and want your anatomy to feel grounded, not stiff • You’ve tried some anatomy books before but found them too medical or too technical to apply • You want to draw from imagination, not just from reference If you’ve ever looked at a figure drawing and thought something was off but couldn’t say what, this book gives you the vocabulary, the framework, and the visual library to fix it and vastly improve your drawings. Whether your interest is in figure drawing, fine arts, fashion design, game design, or creating comic book or manga art, you will find this helpful book filled with actionable insights. Morpho is a rich and fascinating book that will spark your imagination and creativity, and it can go with you everywhere on your sketching journey. Review: Wonderful learning resource for artists - A great book that goes over the whole general anatomy of the body and does a wonderful job of showing you bone landmarks you can use to simplify your forms. I was one of those kids that vehemently resisted learning real anatomy because I was aiming for a specific style, and now I'm here to say: don't do that!! Gosh I wish I never glossed over learning these things. Even if you feel that you have a specific style, learning the real anatomy is valuable. Knowing the real forms will do wonders for your style because then you can figure out how to simplify them your own way. Otherwise you will eventually hit a roadblock of "this doesn't look right and I don't know why!" Get this book, seriously. It's really helped me make up those lost years. Review: Great for supplemental practice for art students - I'm on my quest to draw the figure. This is a great compliment to other resources on figure drawing but is unique in a few ways: 1. It's fairly small so you can pack it in your work bag for study on the train 2. It has a really nice back "flap" that opens up with numbered labels of the various parts of the anatomy e.g. scapula, deltoid, etc. This table has the proper name, function, and insertion points. Every drawing is labelled with some of these and if you habitually glance over at the flap as you read, you start to find yourself memorizing insertion points through repetition. 3. The drawings are done in a looser sketchier style which is great for actually learning how one might build up such a drawing (as opposed to wondering if they've done several iterations to get an unrealistically refined final drawing) 4. Price is reasonable at about $20 for the dead tree version. 5. The author is really talented and knows his 'ish about how these anatomical forms work together. I use these in tandem with other resource like the Robert Beverly Hale books on learning from masters (drawing and anatomy), Glen Vilppu manual, Michael Hampton figure drawing book, the Sheppard anatomy for artists book, and a few more popular books for anatomy in drawing circles. I don't think this is a buy just one book on anatomy type of book, but a pretty much mandatory supplement in terms of the features I've mentioned above. No affiliation; just like this book! Fwiw, I first ordered the electronic version and enjoy sketching to that given I can zoom in/out with my computer. However, I had some frustration not having the tables and downloading that separately as a print out seemed cumbersome as I can never keep track of loose papers like this. That said, I'm happy with having both formats. ## Features - Anatomy for Artists - 6" x 8-1/3" (15 cm x 21 cm) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #17,100 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Human Figure Art (Books) #8 in Drawing Specific Objects #13 in Figure Drawing Guides | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,409 Reviews | ## Images ![Morpho: Anatomy for Artists - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61+7thriXpL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful learning resource for artists *by M***E on January 1, 2026* A great book that goes over the whole general anatomy of the body and does a wonderful job of showing you bone landmarks you can use to simplify your forms. I was one of those kids that vehemently resisted learning real anatomy because I was aiming for a specific style, and now I'm here to say: don't do that!! Gosh I wish I never glossed over learning these things. Even if you feel that you have a specific style, learning the real anatomy is valuable. Knowing the real forms will do wonders for your style because then you can figure out how to simplify them your own way. Otherwise you will eventually hit a roadblock of "this doesn't look right and I don't know why!" Get this book, seriously. It's really helped me make up those lost years. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great for supplemental practice for art students *by R***N on October 24, 2018* I'm on my quest to draw the figure. This is a great compliment to other resources on figure drawing but is unique in a few ways: 1. It's fairly small so you can pack it in your work bag for study on the train 2. It has a really nice back "flap" that opens up with numbered labels of the various parts of the anatomy e.g. scapula, deltoid, etc. This table has the proper name, function, and insertion points. Every drawing is labelled with some of these and if you habitually glance over at the flap as you read, you start to find yourself memorizing insertion points through repetition. 3. The drawings are done in a looser sketchier style which is great for actually learning how one might build up such a drawing (as opposed to wondering if they've done several iterations to get an unrealistically refined final drawing) 4. Price is reasonable at about $20 for the dead tree version. 5. The author is really talented and knows his 'ish about how these anatomical forms work together. I use these in tandem with other resource like the Robert Beverly Hale books on learning from masters (drawing and anatomy), Glen Vilppu manual, Michael Hampton figure drawing book, the Sheppard anatomy for artists book, and a few more popular books for anatomy in drawing circles. I don't think this is a buy just one book on anatomy type of book, but a pretty much mandatory supplement in terms of the features I've mentioned above. No affiliation; just like this book! Fwiw, I first ordered the electronic version and enjoy sketching to that given I can zoom in/out with my computer. However, I had some frustration not having the tables and downloading that separately as a print out seemed cumbersome as I can never keep track of loose papers like this. That said, I'm happy with having both formats. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome *by E***N on February 24, 2026* I love this book for drawing practice! ## Frequently Bought Together - Morpho: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 1) - Morpho: Simplified Forms: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 2) - Morpho: Face, Head, and Neck: Anatomy for Artists (Morpho: Anatomy for Artists, 10) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/67866284-morpho-anatomy-for-artists](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/67866284-morpho-anatomy-for-artists) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*