Learn how to capture the energy and likeliness of people. From quick sketches to full-coloured pieces, understand how to loosely draw the human form and breathe life into your art through colour, shadow and light. At the end of this course, you'll be fully equipped to draw and paint anyone from life or photo.
Note: This course is part 1 of the Figure Drawing course. Watch parts 2 and 3 below:
This course is suitable for absolute beginners.
CLASS CURRICULUM
Session 1: Proportions of the human body
(Length: 1hr)
Learn how to visualise and sketch a human figure. By using simple sketching tools - paper, pencil, pen and ink- you will grasp the basic proportions and structure of the human body. By the end of this class, you'll be able to sketch simple figures and casual postures.
Session 2: Fleshing out the Body
(Length: 1hr)
Learn how to place body mass around your skeleton sketches. Discover the strong and weak spots of the body, their functions, and how that matters when sketching the shape of the human figure so that you learn by observing people around you. By the end of this class, you'll be able to confidently sketch a dynamic human figure of any size or proportion in different postures and actions, regardless of body type.
Session 3: Head and Expressions
(Length: 1hr)
Learn how to sketch human heads from different angles and with different expressions. By the end of this class, you'll be able to grasp and draw the shape of a head regardless of its angle while making it look alive and interactive with just a few quick lines.
Session 4: Hands and Gestural Expressions
(Length: 1hr)
Learn how to lay human hands on paper in different positions and actions. You will get familiar with a human hand's basic elements and articulations, filling them with volume and sketching them in any posture and at different distances/scales. By the end of this class, you'll be able to understand the connections and articulations within a human hand and represent them in different actions and postures.
Session 5: Bringing it All Together
(Length: 1hr)
Progress from the initial skeletons to sketching a full human figure with volume and expression. Practice different speeds of execution to challenge your comfort zone while tackling both resting and moving figures. In your sketches, you will experiment with a few shadows for extra volume and expression. By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to integrate body, head and hand expressions to create a lively human figure in a real-life setting.
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