Beginner-level Figure Drawing Class: Parts and Motions of the Lower Body

This class includes a mix of :30 gestural drawings, 1 min, 5 min and 10 min poses followed by a final 20 min pose. The class has one model who will be nude during each pose. All phones will be collected at the start of the class and available during breaks.

Materials will be provided, which include:

• 14x17 Newsprint paper pad
• Lyra graphite crayons/sticks (2B, 6B, 9B)

Saturday, 6/29 from 1-3pm

Parts and Motions of the Lower Body

After this class you will be able to draw the lower body by breaking it into manageable components. The student will also learn how the lower body moves and its relationship to how the figure interacts within a setting (i.e the lower body when standing/sitting/kneeling)

Instruction topics: A breakdown of the shapes and forms that make up the parts of the lower body i.e legs, feet, hips, etc. Visual materials include a drawn diagram of the lower body with very basic muscular system anatomy information followed by a demo of drawing the visual relationship between the parts of the lower body i.e the range of motions of the legs and how that relates to the hip placement in the pelvis. There will be an emphasis on visually understanding the shapes and forms that make up the pelvis and how it functions within the lower body parts. There will also be a small but important lesson on how the relationship of the feet on the ground in standing poses defines gravity and weight.

The class includes a mix of :30 gestural drawings, :60, 5 min, 10 min poses and a final 20 min pose.

Host or Publisher Freddie Chavda