This course is an introduction to drawing the human figure from a photographic reference or a live model using a variety of art materials (pencil, charcoal and pastel), techniques, and artistic approaches. This course helps students obtain the basic skill of drawing the human form, including anatomy, observation of the human form and fundamental exercises in gesture, contour, outline, and tonal modeling.
The course objectives are as follows:
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Understand basic anatomical relationships relevant to descriptive drawing of the human form.
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Demonstrate competence in linear methods of drawing images of the life model.
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Demonstrate competence in tonal methods of drawing images of the life model.
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Understand and be able to depict basic proportional relationships of the life model.
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Understand rhythms of the body and natural forms and how they exist in the whole and parts of the figure.
What will you be doing?
You will work on traditional life drawing skills to create convincing representations of the three-dimensional form of the body. This can be a great challenge. You will learn how to tackle those challenges, and how an awareness of anatomy can help you overcome them. Even a basic knowledge of the forms of the body can make a big difference!
