2 - Day Figure Drawing Intensive

This two day figure drawing workshop acts as an introductory overview to the drawing method at ARA Boston, beginning with a very simple line drawing all the way to a fully rendered figure. 

The first day will begin with a brief lecture and demo of our comparative measurement system. Students will then begin to work on what is called a construct. Using very few lines, a construct allows general proportions and gestures to be established. Subsequent stages are then an incremental addition of detail on top of this structure. By the end of the first day, students can expect to have a fully articulated line drawing, setting them up nicely for value on day two. The second day will begin with another lecture going over light logic and value, and how we use it to build form. Just like with the construct, working general to specific, we will start with modeling larger forms in the darks and lights, and then proceed to break down, and fuse things together. By the end of the day students can expect to have a fully rendered figure and an understanding of our approach to figure drawing and rendering.

Throughout the workshop an emphasis will be put on the structure of the body from an anatomical standpoint, and how this relates to form, giving students an understanding of what they are looking at

John’s teaching method includes one on one critiques, and demos, where necessary. 

The workshop will be done in graphite.