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Cellar FCP
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Books I've used the most:
Goldfinger - Human Anatomy for Artists - my stalwart; super dry but it just gets the job done for anatomy
Zarins - Anatomy for Sculptors - no better book I know of for explaining difficult anatomical problems through simple pictures (for example, the deltoid action in various arm positions)
Delavier - Strength Training Anatomy - good drawings of the muscles in action in various poses and angles

Useful books:
Gurney - Color & Light - color theory
Gurney - Imaginative Realism - composition and image planning, a look into how 20th century illustrators like Norman Rockwell composed images

You can learn from anywhere though. Nobody ever talks about Da Vinci's drawings, they're still really good to learn from in 2020. I think these books have covered 50% of my learning, the rest has come from here and there, from numerous studies using reference photos from the internet.
It's hard to pin down a single method of study because a single approach because I use numerous. Best thing to do is experiment and figure out what works for you.

There's two definite things I can say though.
First, have an idea why you're studying. A drawing you want to apply your studies to in the near future.
Second, I think it's important not to copy the drawings in books too literally or on autopilot. I do lots of cross referencing and try to come up with my own ways of constructing, based on the book drawings and diagrams. I want to see how a) artists do the shape b) how the shape looks in life c) what the three dimensional form of the shape is and, ultimately, d) I want to see through the shape.
It's very taxing work, and you have to build up to being able to do it in the first place, which can take months of years. Often I only get a single study done per day done but I swear after doing it it's like having x-ray vision for that part of the body.