Lora Murphy

What will I learn?

• Build a foundation in life drawing skills by creating and submitting for feedback several figure drawings.

• Consider and apply in your drawing the standard measurements and proportions of the human figure.

• Identify and apply in your figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human skeleton.

• Develop a basic ability to capture posture and motion through gesture drawing.

• See and apply in your figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of human anatomy and muscle mass.

• Gain the ability to capture the shape of human subjects through contour and blind contour drawing.

• Examine and apply in your figure drawing the characteristic shapes and proportions of the human face in frontal, profile, and three-quarter views.

• Explore through your figure drawings the concepts of volume, perspective, and shading.

• Consider and apply in your figure drawing different approaches to composition, including texture, balance, rhythm, variety, unity, and emphasis.

• Demonstrate a basic ability to use expressive drawing techniques in capturing the human figure.

Life drawing is a fundamental artistic challenge. Capturing the human figure in all its infinite, intricate variations requires both a mastery of technique and a thorough understanding of the body. In this  life drawing course, you'll make your figure drawings come to life with guidance with feedback from Lora. Following traditional methods, you'll learn the standard measures and proportions artists use to achieve naturalistic and expressive figure drawings. The course builds progressively from the fundamentals to the challenges of portraiture, three-dimensional form, composition and expression.

SUPPLY LIST

• Sheets of paper – regular drawing paper should be sufficient for this exercis - try to get as large as possible

• Charcoal several sizes 

• Easel clips

• A sketchbook 

• Easel clips (to fasten pages to an easel) and a sketchbook isrecommendd if you like to take notes or sketch in them

• masking tape or frog tape 

• Graphite pencils (2H, HB & 2B are sufficient)

• Kneaded eraser

• Measuring device such as a knitting needle or a thread

• Ruler (only for the initial preparatory steps)