Figure Drawing
By Jacobina O.
ITEM ID: 104
Course Description
This course explores the subtle details of the human body through technical pictures of anatomy as well as exercises to practice proportions.
When you come prepared to the classes you will benefit highly from this preparation.
1)The Line
Learning to draw something by letting your eyes really connect with the subject and allowing your hand to follow instructions without looking at your paper.
This powerful exercise will enable you to eliminate your belief system about your perception of art.How to properly stand behind an easel and use your
position to verify your drawing and compare it with the model. You need a small hand held mirror, charcoal and newsprint clipped to a piece of board, plus an easel.
2) The Viewfinder
Use your creativity to deal with this tool that will help you with perspective, proportions and composition. If this is new for you I would suggest
you take the time to get the best of it. The outline can be wobbly but the relationships between the various objects has to be clear. Draw your
hand and your foot accurately as instructed in the demonstration.
3) Proportions
Stand behind your easel as instructed before. If you cannot stand, get a chair on wheels so you can turn around and position yourself comfortably.
You need to be able to see the subject at the same time as your drawing in a small handheld mirror. This is the only way you will practice fresh
eyes when there is not a professional teacher around. Chairs.
How to measure and compare.
4) Copy hands and feet
Sitting at a table copy the drawings I made for you. Hands and feet. From yourself and others. Ask somebody to keep their hands still for a while.
Study their feet. Five drawings in total, very well executed. Sharpen your pencil, get high quality drawing paper and study the bones, muscles and skin.
Practice hatching and cross hatching.
5) Copy arms and legs plates
Sitting at a table copy the drawings I made for you. Hands and feet. From yourself and others. Five drawings in total, very well executed.
Sharpen your pencil, get high quality drawing paper and study the bones, muscles and skin. Practice hatching and cross hatching.
6) Copy torso plates
Sitting at a table copy the drawings I made for you. Hands and feet. From yourself and others. Five drawings in total, very well executed.
Sharpen your pencil, get high quality drawing paper and study the bones, muscles and skin. Practice hatching and cross hatching. Create a mood
by making one very dark and one very light.
7) Copy heads plates
Sitting at a table copy the drawings I made for you. After studying, make a self portrait. Five drawings in total, very well executed.
Sharpen your pencil, get high quality drawing paper and study different position of heads. Get your sketch book, go to a cafe and draw heads
from people around you in gesture drawings. Have somebody sit for you. Copy five plates with heads.
Questions?