These figure drawings were made in the last couple of sessions of my 5 week Beginning Figure Drawing Class. They are drawn with confidence, style, and sensitivity. Each week we practiced a different style of drawing, and a different way of approaching the figure. One style was named “Chocolate Bar Drawings” by an earlier class, because the conte was used on it’s side instead of on it’s end, as if we were dragging a chocolate bar across the newsprint (yum). Another day we focused on weight and balance. Still another day we did large soft mass shapes, countered by intricate contour lines. I love to look at these drawings. They so beautifully capture each moment.
A drawing is a record of your focus.
Beginning Figure Drawing starts Sunday, and this fall I’ll add a Level 2 class for people who collected gold points and an extra life in Level 1. If you’ve taken figure drawing at least once and want to step it up a little, this is the place to go.
Next Friday starts a special class on Hands & Feet: 5 weeks to focus on the complicated bits of figure drawing. When I was fresh out of art school and holding a certificate that said I could draw, I could sketch a figure, but never felt like I could get the hands and feet. I wasn’t comfortable drawing either until I did a series on them, and now I’m a lot more comfortable. My drawings don’t have empty spots, or fiddled hashes where the hands go.
In the first week of August is a specially requested class: Intensive Figure Drawing Teen Camp. The prerequisite is any time spent drawing, whether in class or on your own. If you want to learn how to draw better, but you’re not interested in being treated like a child, take this class. I’ll teach you all the same drawing lessons I teach in adult classes. This is an excellent portfolio builder for anyone with an interest in art.
Second week of August has a class no one asked for, but I am certain will make a big difference. “Heads” is a teen camp to teach how to draw in 3Dimensions, same as the adult class. It’s fantastic to see how fun and effective this class is.
The content below is from the Seattle Artist League’s Official Artist-Not-In-Residence, Patty Haller. We are pits deep in a series called “Stuff that Patty Likes.” Patty’s Ponderous Post “The paintings I’m showing in January 2017 at Smith and Vallee Gallery are my explorations of pattern, color and how to handle the complex data of forest …
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33 Figure Drawings
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Lucy Garnett
These figure drawings were made in the last couple of sessions of my 5 week Beginning Figure Drawing Class. They are drawn with confidence, style, and sensitivity. Each week we practiced a different style of drawing, and a different way of approaching the figure. One style was named “Chocolate Bar Drawings” by an earlier class, because the conte was used on it’s side instead of on it’s end, as if we were dragging a chocolate bar across the newsprint (yum). Another day we focused on weight and balance. Still another day we did large soft mass shapes, countered by intricate contour lines. I love to look at these drawings. They so beautifully capture each moment.
Beginning Figure Drawing starts Sunday, and this fall I’ll add a Level 2 class for people who collected gold points and an extra life in Level 1. If you’ve taken figure drawing at least once and want to step it up a little, this is the place to go.
Next Friday starts a special class on Hands & Feet: 5 weeks to focus on the complicated bits of figure drawing. When I was fresh out of art school and holding a certificate that said I could draw, I could sketch a figure, but never felt like I could get the hands and feet. I wasn’t comfortable drawing either until I did a series on them, and now I’m a lot more comfortable. My drawings don’t have empty spots, or fiddled hashes where the hands go.
In the first week of August is a specially requested class: Intensive Figure Drawing Teen Camp. The prerequisite is any time spent drawing, whether in class or on your own. If you want to learn how to draw better, but you’re not interested in being treated like a child, take this class. I’ll teach you all the same drawing lessons I teach in adult classes. This is an excellent portfolio builder for anyone with an interest in art.
Second week of August has a class no one asked for, but I am certain will make a big difference. “Heads” is a teen camp to teach how to draw in 3Dimensions, same as the adult class. It’s fantastic to see how fun and effective this class is.
Enjoy the drawings.
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