In this hands-on 10-week class, we will learn how to draw the clothed figure using a 3-stage process that will empower you to draw with confidence and authority from life as well as from imagination. We will focus on two main aspects as we engage in an in-depth exploration of the clothed figure in the context of drawing:
1) Characterization: emphasizing style, the structural components of the costume, its story, and character (key skills for character design, fashion drawing, and the dressed figure in fine arts);
2) Describing action, gesture, and motion through the expressive power of clothing as it maps the human body and its movements (a key skill for animators, storyboard artists, sketch artists, or anyone interested in representing the dressed figure in action)
Every week we will draw from live models wearing different kinds of clothes and costumes (from street clothes to formal attires, from a variety of times, fashions, cultures, and places).
Topics covered include:
- The general model, the basic lay-in, and the 'human wire hanger';
- The key points of articulation, flow, and radiation;
- Folds vs. wrinkles;
- The seven types of folds;
- Volumetric description and shape design through clothing;
- Seams, construction lines, and the anatomy of costumes;
- Clothing and gesture;
- Characterizing the figure through clothing and telling stories through costume;
- Describing action through folds: dynamic and inert folds;
- Light logic applied to costume drawing
1) Characterization: emphasizing style, the structural components of the costume, its story, and character (key skills for character design, fashion drawing, and the dressed figure in fine arts);
2) Describing action, gesture, and motion through the expressive power of clothing as it maps the human body and its movements (a key skill for animators, storyboard artists, sketch artists, or anyone interested in representing the dressed figure in action)
Every week we will draw from live models wearing different kinds of clothes and costumes (from street clothes to formal attires, from a variety of times, fashions, cultures, and places).
Topics covered include:
- The general model, the basic lay-in, and the 'human wire hanger';
- The key points of articulation, flow, and radiation;
- Folds vs. wrinkles;
- The seven types of folds;
- Volumetric description and shape design through clothing;
- Seams, construction lines, and the anatomy of costumes;
- Clothing and gesture;
- Characterizing the figure through clothing and telling stories through costume;
- Describing action through folds: dynamic and inert folds;
- Light logic applied to costume drawing
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