The Principles of Life Drawing - Beginners to Intermediate
(Above) Example of Tutor's Work
This course seeks to systematically outline and guide you through, some of the fundamental principles that lead to a comprehensive proficiency for drawing the human figure. Each week introduces the student to a new aspect of competent figure drawing. Included with this is a brief analysis of human anatomy, starting with the major masses of the skeleton and concluding with an analysis of each of the major muscle groups of the body. The course also lays a strong emphasis on learning from the drawings of the Old Masters. Students will be assigned a weekly drawing(s) to copy and analyse in relation to the figure in class.
This class will be delivered face-to-face at WEA Sydney. Enrolling students need to ensure they have read the current COVID-19 Safety Guidance that WEA Sydney has put in place before enrolling.
COURSE OUTLINE
PLANNED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
MATERIALS LIST
When:
Saturday 24 April - 12 June 2021
10.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Where:
WEA Sydney
72 Bathurst Street
This course seeks to systematically outline and guide you through, some of the fundamental principles that lead to a comprehensive proficiency for drawing the human figure. Each week introduces the student to a new aspect of competent figure drawing. Included with this is a brief analysis of human anatomy, starting with the major masses of the skeleton and concluding with an analysis of each of the major muscle groups of the body. The course also lays a strong emphasis on learning from the drawings of the Old Masters. Students will be assigned a weekly drawing(s) to copy and analyse in relation to the figure in class.
This class will be delivered face-to-face at WEA Sydney. Enrolling students need to ensure they have read the current COVID-19 Safety Guidance that WEA Sydney has put in place before enrolling.
COURSE OUTLINE
- The figure as basic line and structure.
- The figure as line and structure.
- Fundamental gesture and action
- Gesture and action with basic anatomical masses, landmarks and limited convexed contours
- Basic anatomy and the figure as line and contour
- Basic modelling and shadow masses
- The figure as convexed forms, basic shadow masses and modelling at the plane break.
- Sustained pose
PLANNED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify how the placement of the models weight coincides with the figures action.
- Learning how to treat the figure as a “mannequin” rather than a static object to mindlessly copy and reproduce.
- Begin to understand and grasp the processes of conceptualising, selecting and creatively inventing from the figure.
- Understand the basic principles of suggesting form with line alone.
- Making use of and/or inventing a light source to model form.
MATERIALS LIST
- Oil-based hard sanguine red or black chalk pencil.
- Kneadable eraser and Stanley knife
- A3 sketch book
- Two metal paper clips
When:
Saturday 24 April - 12 June 2021
10.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Where:
WEA Sydney
72 Bathurst Street