This class acts as a way for students new to the figure to learn about the complete process of figure drawing loosely and quickly, seeing the whole process play out organically over a short period of time. It also allows students who have more experience drawing figures to sharpen their skills under a time crunch and work more intuitively and organically, blending stages together that they already know. To aid in this fast and loose approach, we will work with any and all tools: blending stumps, our fingers, graphite powder, pencil erasers, and a range of graphite pencils. 

The first four weeks of the class, students will learn how to block in a figure; how to measure comparatively, capture general proportions, outline, and tone in shadow shapes. The subsequent eight weeks will be spent on two, four week long poses. Students can expect to have two complete figure drawings by the end of the class, as well as an understanding of  comparative measurement, and a systematic way of breaking up a figure drawing into a series of organic steps.

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

John’s method includes one on one critiques and demos. 

Dates: Jan 6th - Mar 24th, 5-8pm