Drawing Foundations: Figure

Introduction

• 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

Conclusion

• Next steps