Gesture Drawing Workshop with Shelly Swann

This is a workshop for artists looking to improve their technical drawing skills. Shelly will display images of different poses, for participants to draw. However, each drawing will be timed and will be very short- about a minute or two for each pose. Shelly will first demonstrate how gesture drawing is meant to facilitate drawing the human body in motion. The aim is to capture the flow of the human body, and help participants understand the natural range of motion for joints and muscles, and overall improve their understanding of drawing the human figure. These drawings are not meant to be perfect! Hence the reason why they are timed. Artists will be encouraged to draw very loose interpretations of every pose, and help them draw characters that are full of movement and life.

This class is open to ages 18+.

About the Instructor:

Shelly Swann is a children’s book illustrator and muralist based in Portland, Oregon. She is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Shelly has been drawing since childhood, but began her illustration career in 2019. Since then, she has illustrated books, worked on zines, participated in art shows, local events, and much more. Her art can be found in various shops and galleries in the PDX area. In her free time, Shelly enjoys playing guitar, reading, singing, and camping. In 2020, she graduated from California State University, East Bay, with a BA in English Literature. Shelly aims to inspire people of all ages with her art, and empower her community through hosting artist meetups, educational workshops, and collaborative events.

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