Gatlin International

Description

The life drawing class from Gatlin International is 100% online and instructor supported by renowned artist, Anki King. Life drawing is one of the fundamental artistic challenges. Capturing the human figure requires both a mastery of technique and a thorough understanding of human anatomy.

In this 6-lesson life drawing class, artist Anki King will teach you how to make your figure drawings come to life using traditional drawing methods. You'll learn the standard measures and proportions artists use to create naturalistic and expressive figure drawings.

We'll provide you with a varity of Illustrations and activities to guide you through the structure of the human body and help you understand how the internal anatomy shapes its external form.

The life drawing course will teach you the fundamentals concepts of portraiture, three-dimensional form drawing, composition, texture and expression.

Course projects offer opportunities for practice and feedback and focus on a variety of artistic concepts including proportion, negative space, shading, gesture drawing, anatomical studies, contour drawing, frontal and profile portraits, volume, and perspective.

Our life drawing class is ideal for fine artists, designers, and 3D character animators.

Outline

LESSON 1 Measurements and Proportions Lesson One establishes the fundamentals. You'll begin with an orientation to your art materials: charcoal, pencil, sharpeners, drawing pads, and more. You'll learn standard proportions for the male and female figure and how to measure proportions as you draw, using your eye, your pencil, a plum line, and other guides. In the exercise, you'll do figure drawings in pencil and charcoal, focusing on proportions, negative spaces, and angles.

LESSON 2 The Human Skeleton The knee bone's connected to the To draw figures well, you'll need to understand how the skeleton is put together. Lesson Two explores the main reference points inside the body that help artists represent the figure: ribcage, pelvic bone, head, shoulder blades, arms, hands, legs, feet, and vertebra. Did you know when drawing a figure, the first thing you want to do is to establish the angle of the pelvic bone? Or which differences in the skeleton differentiate men and women? In the exercise, you'll build your familiarity with the skeleton through gesture drawings of posture and motion.
 
LESSON 3 Muscles and Anatomy In Lesson Three, you'll put meat on your bones. Building on your knowledge of the human skeleton, you'll study the anatomy of the body and learn how to represent muscle structure in your figure drawings. Looking at anatomical drawings, artistic works, and your own body (!) you'll take a tour of important muscle groups, learning their defining features. In the exercise, you'll practice representing muscle mass and do a contour drawing using a model or yourself as a model.
 
LESSON 4 The Portrait In Lesson Four, you will study the proportions of the human face. You will learn to see the important differences between male and female faces and explore techniques for drawing the forehead, the nose, the mouth, hair, eyes, teeth, and ears. Do's and don'ts will be discussed to help you avoid common mistakes in proportion and perspective. The exercise will open your eyes (literally) to the challenge of portraiture through front, profile, and three quarters view drawings and a blind contour study.

LESSON 5 Volume, Perspective, and Shading Unless you're an ancient Egyptian, your life drawing will involve the representation of three-dimensional figures. Lesson Five focuses on this challenge. You'll learn how to create volume in your drawings by breaking down the figure into three-dimensional shapes. You'll discover how concepts in perspective such as the horizon line, eye level, and vanishing point affect your figure drawings, even in close up. Finally, you'll look at how the application of line, value, and shading can influence the appearance of perspective and depth in drawing. In the exercise, you'll explore the concepts of geometrical shape, perspective, and value contrast.

LESSON 6 Composition and Expression Lesson Six rounds out your figure drawing course by exploring concepts in composition and expression. You'll discover how texture, balance, rhythm, variety, unity, and emphasis can each be used in drawing or in any art form to give shape to a piece. Rules of composition such as the Golden Section and Divine Proportion will be discussed along with expressive considerations to help you develop your artistic approach. In the final exercise, you'll explore both formal and expressive approaches to your drawing subjects.

Additional Info

Languages

English

Course Length

60.00 hours

Duration of Access

Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.

Instructor

Jordon Schranz is a New York/New Mexico-based visual artist, musician, curator, and educator whose work focuses on the idea of social and political interaction and their underlying cultural structures.  Jordon earned his BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art.  Currently he is working in Las Cruces, New Mexico on an extensive project based on security camera footage and themed around issues of privacy and surveillance.  In addition, Jordon is an active member of the New York experimental music scene, regularly curating, performing, recording, and promoting avant-rock, free jazz, noise, and experimental music performances in addition to running Tigerasylum. Jordon is the Director of Fine Arts for the Sessions Online School of Fine Arts and an instructor at the Las Cruces Museum of Art and the Preston Contemporary Art Center.

Prerequisites/Audience

Our life drawing class is designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.

Requirements/Materials Included

Certification

3 CEU’s

Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.