Demystifying Figure Drawing
Adult jumpstART Workshop | This program is completed
Would you like to tackle figure drawing, but maybe it’s your first time, or you haven’t drawn in a while? Get your feet wet and learn some basic foundations of figure drawing in this fun and easy to follow workshop. Demystifying the art of drawing the human form, we’ll begin by determining the figure structure and looking for proportions. Through step-by-step guided instructions you’ll gain skills and confidence in drawing the figure.
Paul DuSold
Paul duSold is a Philadelphia artist and instructor. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1985. He is known for oil paintings of human figures, portraits, and still lifes. His artwork, which he describes as “atmospheric representationalism” is influenced by sixteenth and seventeenth century Italian and Spanish painters. His paintings can be found in numerous public and private collections, and he has exhibited in a number of prestigious institutions including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Delaware Art Museum, Fleischer Art Memorial, Perkins Center for the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Ursinus College, and Michener Art. He has curated exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum, Wayne Art Center, and Woodmere Art Museum. duSold has been a painting instructor for more than thirty years at various institutions including Wayne Art Center, the Delaware Art Museum, and Main Line Art Center. He continues to teach at Fleischer Art Memorial and Woodmere Art Museum. In his teaching, he emphasizes the formal qualities of painting; color, light and shadow, edge quality, tonal relationships.
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