Anatomy Drawing (8 sessions)
Adult Class | Available
An understanding of anatomy, kinesiology, and morphology is essential for an artist wishing to accurately interpret and depict the human form. This course will consist of an in-depth analysis of the form and function of the human musculo-skeletal system to help artists develop practical strategies to draw the complex relationship of gesture, proportion, and perspective of the figure from direct observation. This class is recommended to both figurative painters and sculptors.
What You Will Learn:
- The ability to extrapolate and interpret critical anatomical information from the observed figure
- A functional understanding of the major musculoskeletal structures of the body
- A focused and efficient drawing strategies based on anatomical, gestural, and perspectival understanding
• Sketchbook for drawings and notes approximately 9x12 - 11x14
• Selection of graphite pencils: H, HB, B, 2B
• Pink Pearl eraser
Optional:
• Charcoal or conte
• Kneaded eraser
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Rowan Briggs
K. Briggs is an award winning graphic novelist and arts educator. She began her comic-making career while pursuing her Masters at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a feminist re-imagining of the archetypal Hero Story, “Story(cycle)”. Their adaptation of “Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1” won the inaugural Elsinore Award for Graphic Shakespeare in 2016.
A fixture of the Scottish Independent Comic scene, Briggs founded and ran the Ex Libris Book Fair, Dundee’s only independent book fair. Her work has been exhibited in both art galleries and colleges in Sweden, Scotland, Japan, and the United States. An experienced art educator, Briggs lectured at their alma mater, Glasgow School of Art, The McManus Museum, Dundee Contemporary Arts, and presented a paper she co-authored at the 2016 Graphic Medicine conference in Dundee. They are currently a teaching artist for Fleisher Art Memorial and Spiral Q in Philadelphia and ARTFusion 19464 in Pottstown.
https://k-briggs.com/