Every quarter I teach figure drawing on Sundays. No class is ever the same, which means that every artist gets to experience different ways to approach the figure. Each comes with a specific challenge that teaches a skill, and I hold the artists to that challenge, but individual styles are celebrated, as you’ll see in this collection.
Most of the drawings below were made by artists who are new to figure drawing, and all were made with the collaboration of live models online. Impressive work!
Drawings by: Carol Jackson, Emma Howard, Emma Nadolny, Pam Carraway, Grace VanNoy, Joe White, Hilary Wething, Emily Howatt, James Pedersen, Rita Parks, Teri Howatt, Suchin Gururangan, Linda Mendez, Georgia Ward-Collings, Emily Johnson, Lyall Wallerstedt, Karl Dyer, Sheryl Feldman, Jade Chowning, Jeanne Chowning, Karen Guo, Holly Gleser.
Gottfried Bammes
Figure drawing I and figure drawing II series’ for fall will be borrowing from Gottfried Bammes, the master of proportion and simplified structures. Exercises include planes, cross contours, mass, proportions, simplified plans, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to draw the figure, but were nervous to try, this class is for you!
[image_with_animation image_url=”10600″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (c. 1484-86). Tempera on canvas, 67.9 in × 109.6 in We’ve all seen Botticelli’s Birth of Venus until we could just about throw up. But have you ever noticed the feet? I hadn’t noticed them until recently, now that I’m preparing to teach …
Previously I posted four masterwork studies drawn by Fran O’Neill and I challenged you to identify them. I don’t have a good memory for names, but I did recognize the works in a general way, and I was impressed when you named all but one. I admit I didn’t recognize the landscape but the scene …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10166″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Max Ernst “Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.” – Max Ernst Max Ernst used texture rubbings to overcome his fear of the white canvas, igniting his imagination. He often put paper to the worn …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6674″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] We are almost at the end of this 30 day challenge, so I’ll be coming up with fresh topics to post. Our mailing list has grown by several hundreds of people this month, and I’d like to hear from subscribers. Why did you sign up for V. Notes, and …
Figure Drawings from Summer 2020
Every quarter I teach figure drawing on Sundays. No class is ever the same, which means that every artist gets to experience different ways to approach the figure. Each comes with a specific challenge that teaches a skill, and I hold the artists to that challenge, but individual styles are celebrated, as you’ll see in this collection.
Most of the drawings below were made by artists who are new to figure drawing, and all were made with the collaboration of live models online. Impressive work!
Drawings by: Carol Jackson, Emma Howard, Emma Nadolny, Pam Carraway, Grace VanNoy, Joe White, Hilary Wething, Emily Howatt, James Pedersen, Rita Parks, Teri Howatt, Suchin Gururangan, Linda Mendez, Georgia Ward-Collings, Emily Johnson, Lyall Wallerstedt, Karl Dyer, Sheryl Feldman, Jade Chowning, Jeanne Chowning, Karen Guo, Holly Gleser.
Figure drawing I and figure drawing II series’ for fall will be borrowing from Gottfried Bammes, the master of proportion and simplified structures. Exercises include planes, cross contours, mass, proportions, simplified plans, and more. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to draw the figure, but were nervous to try, this class is for you!
Click here: Figure Drawing Classes at the League
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