Saturday Figure Construct

Saturday Figure Construct

Weekend Class | Available

Beginner
1/11/2025-3/29/2025
2:00 PM-5:00 PM EST on Sat
$740.00

Saturday Figure Construct

Weekend Class | Available

Crucial to experienced painters and beginning artists alike are the foundations of drawing the human figure. A successful draft of the figure requires elegantly simplifying the subject to its most basic framework, but, once mastered this simple construct yields great dividends as the piece progresses.

In this course, students will receive individual instruction in drafting the human figure using the same academic method as they would from observing a live model. Particular focus will be given to achieving dynamic gesture and conveying elements such as proportion, mass, and perspective all while portraying only what information is necessary. Poses range from three to six hours.

Those wishing to gain experience with the human figure and/or develop a more systematic approach to drawing and painting should consider taking this class. There are no prerequisite courses needed and all levels are welcome. 

Note: There is no rendering in this class. It gets the student as far as a fully articulated line drawing, or what is known as the ‘cartoon’. At this point, the drawing is ready to be transferred, and rendered in charcoal, graphite, etc. OR painted.

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Asimacopoulos, John
John Asimacopoulos

John Asimacopoulos started as a student at the Academy of Realist Art Boston in September 2015, after making the decision to switch from a medical career to pursue an artistic one. His studies did not go to waste though, as they gave him knowledge, and appreciation of the human body, especially through his study of anatomy, which included dissection. John applied what he learned, and started teaching artistic anatomy, and figure drawing at the school in 2018. He graduated from the school in 2021.


He has won numerous awards, including two Art Renewal Center scholarships in 2017, and 2019, the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund in 2017, the Head Start Student Competition in 2017, and second place in the Richeson Still Life & Floral Competition in 2021. He has been involved in group shows at Bowersock Gallery in Provincetown, and the Portsmouth Music and Arts Center. He has also juried for the 3rd Annual Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition in 2021.


He is currently working on a series of narrative paintings exploring the theme of transformation.


You can find his work on Instagram here