Drawing Foundations: Figure

Description

In this course, you will learn;

•  Tracing the history of figure drawings.
• Using the right materials.
• Sketching gestures, structure, and motion. 
• Recognizing symmetry and asymmetry. 
• Placing weight and balance. 
• Comparing male and female proportions. 
• Drawing standing figures. 
• Drawing 3D volumes. 
• Rendering shadows

 

Syllabus :

• Welcome
• What you should know

 

1. Introduction to Figure Drawing

• Why draw the figure?
• Tracing the history of figure drawing

 

2. Getting Started

• Using materials effectively
• Setting up your studio

 

3. Warm-Up Exercises

• Warm-up: Blind contour drawing
• Warm-up: The envelope

 

4. The Quick Sketch

• Feeling gesture and connectivity: Process
• Mapping structure and relationship
• Arranging simple forms in space
• Capturing motion: Fluidity and rhythm

 

5. Contrapposto: Weight and Balance

• Recognizing symmetry and asymmetry using the plumb line
• Placing weight and balance: Foot placement

 

6. Recognizing Simple Structural Landmarks

• Finding skeletal landmarks: Front and side view
• Finding skeletal landmarks: Back view
• Comparing male and female proportions

 

7. Understanding Proportion: The Standing Figure

• Drawing proportion: Front view
• Drawing proportion: view
• Drawing proportion: Side view
• Drawing proportion: Back view

 

8. 3D Volumes: Building a Drawing, Structure to Volume

• Drawing 3D volumes in space: Block, cylinder, egg/ellipse
• Attaching volumes to structure: Dynamic standing pose
• Transitioning volumes: The dramatic pose

 

9. Putting It All Together

• Establishing gesture and structure
• Defining form
• Making final marks and rendering shadows

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