Artistic Anatomy Figure Sketch

Artistic Anatomy Figure Sketch

Evening Class | Available

9/16/2026-12/9/2026
5:00 PM-8:00 PM EDT on Wed
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$765.00

Artistic Anatomy Figure Sketch

Evening Class | Available

Artistic Anatomy Figure Sketch

Why should an artist study anatomy? Can't we just draw what we see? With something as complicated as the figure, knowledge of anatomy gives the artist an additional lens through which to look at the figure. This evening class tackles the basics of artistic anatomy, covering the skeleton and muscle. We’ll address proportion, bony landmarks, muscle shape and form.

Each week will consist of a quick lecture/drawing session for the first hour, followed by a two hour drawing session from the live model, focusing on a part of the body discussed in the previous hour.

By the end of the class, students can expect to have an understanding of all of the bones, and a general understanding of the muscles of the body, being able to navigate what they see when looking at a figure, as well as also improving their conceptual thinking for when they are working from their head.


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