During this 3-week program, students will learn the basics of drawing the human figure and portrait. For the figure, we’ll learn the basic proportions, drawing the body in space, and understanding how muscle groups move to draw the body in a realistic way. The ultimate goal is getting movement, poses and gestures to look natural. For the portrait, we’ll cover mapping out key facial features and main structure planes.
The techniques and methods we use are approachable for beginners and returning students, and will cover the basic body and head structure with proportions from multiple angles. Note that this is not a live model drawing class, but rather we will be using object and photo references for our work.
What we’ll cover in this class:
Learning proportion and approach to mapping out the features of the face, head and body
Learning to draw “what you see”, not what you “think you see”
Methods of showing 3D objects on a 2D surface
Incorporating perspective and value into your drawing
During this 3-week program, students will learn the basics of drawing the human figure and portrait. For the figure, we’ll learn the basic proportions, drawing the body in space, and understanding how muscle groups move to draw the body in a realistic way. The ultimate goal is getting movement, poses and gestures to look natural. For the portrait, we’ll cover mapping out key facial features and main structure planes.
The techniques and methods we use are approachable for beginners and returning students, and will cover the basic body and head structure with proportions from multiple angles. Note that this is not a live model drawing class, but rather we will be using object and photo references for our work.
What we’ll cover in this class:
Learning proportion and approach to mapping out the features of the face, head and body
Learning to draw “what you see”, not what you “think you see”
Methods of showing 3D objects on a 2D surface
Incorporating perspective and value into your drawing
