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

Saturday, 10/5 from 3-5:30pm

Parts and Motions of the Upper Body

After this class you will be able to draw the upper body by breaking it down into manageable components. This class gives a better understanding of how the upper body moves and how the arms/upper body can have more autonomy in comparison to the lower body.

Instruction Topics: A breakdown of the shapes and forms that make up the different parts of the upper body i.e arms, hands, neck, shoulders, etc. Visual materials include a drawn diagram of the upper body with very basic muscular system anatomy information followed by a demo of drawing the visual relationship between the parts of the upper body i.e the range of motions of the arms and how that relates to the shoulders connection to the torso. There will be an emphasis on visually understanding the shapes and forms that make up the ribcage and pelvis and how they interact with each other.

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