In this five-week figurative class, students will be challenged to think of the figure in terms of simple interlocking forms and shapes to create powerful design-compositions. The aim will be to create dozens of quickly finished sketches each session in order to build strong picture-making habits with immediate results. Open to any medium, this class will meet the needs of creating bold figurative abstractions with the human form as a pretext. What you will learn in this class: 1. Figure proportions and knowledge of bodily landmarks. 2. Seeing combinations of simple shapes and distilling them into abstract designs. 3. Loosening up your drawing with quick sketches. 4. Building up a formal drawing or painting from sketches.