The Human Form A: Structural Figure Drawing with Samantha Stover
Class | FULL
Emphasizing the continued refinement of perceptual drawing skills, this course concentrates on the structure, movement, and expressive qualities of the figure. Students work towards a personal sensibility through a variety of drawing materials.
A combination of short gestural poses and longer studies will be included. Some time will be spent with the portrait, hands, and feet, as well as possible multiple-figure compositions.
Concepts that will be addressed include:
• Contour
• Mass
• Gesture
• Proportion
• Anatomical landmarks
• Value control
• Foreshortening
• Gravity
• Placement on the page
Who is this class for? While students new to drawing the human figure are welcome, this class is for students with some prior drawing experience and does not serve as an introduction to drawing.
Your instructor has provided a list of materials required to participate fully in this class.
If you have any questions about specifics or what is needed week-to-week, please reach out to your instructor via the email in your confirmation letter.
Supply list: https://www.dickblick.com/myaccount/blicku/J2CU6BLS3I384/
•Large Newsprint Pad 18x24, 50 or 100 sheets (Canson, Strathmore, or equivalent).
• General’s Compressed Charcoal & White Charcoal Pencils
• Kneaded Eraser and a White Plastic Eraser
• Sandpaper & razor-blade for sharpening chalks and pencils
• Any other drawing materials with which you are comfortable for sketching (such as Graphite Pencils, Vine Charcoal, White Drawing Paper, etc)
• Optional for Color: Prismacolor Nupastel Sticks (Recommended: 48-box or 36-box.)
• Optional: colored paper (Canson Mi- teintes, tan kraft paper, Strathmore 500 ‘Charcoal’, etc. for use after the first weeks)
Samantha Stover
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