Feathered Flight Anatomy: Birds of Prey
Class | Available
This class will focus on understanding the anatomy of winged creatures and how to successfully implement the subtleties of animal flight structure into your drawings, paintings, and illustrations. Students will learn the construction of flight muscles and feathers in various birds of prey through écorché drawings and tracings. Working from photographs, observation and video stills, the instructor will also help students understand the wing beats and flight patterns that are unique to specific species, to better capture these details in their finished artwork.
- This class will use charcoal drawing materials.
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Tom Babbey
Tom Babbey has studied at the Watts Atelier for over a decade, and has taught at the atelier for nearly as long. As an avid naturalist, Tom's love for wildlife led him to discover his passion for animal art and creature design at an early age. Tom currently works as a freelance illustrator and concept artist for clients such as Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing, Wizkids, Cubicle 7, Fantasy Flight Games, Sony Online, and Griffin Road Games, and is the lead Art Director for Draco Studios “Dragonbond’ setting.