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anatomy intensive figure drawing: hands & feet
WITH DAN THOMPSON | 18 may—19 may, 2024 | 9:30 A.M.—4:30 P.M.
MIano Academy
5320 Lena Rd #105, Bradenton, FL 34211
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This drawing workshop teaches students an interpretive array of structural, anatomical tools as elements of close observation. All skill levels are welcome. With lectures on the use of perceptual drawing information and demonstrations on developing anatomical construction, students apply these insights to a figure posed in an environment. A long pose drawing exercise, as applied practice, supports the learning objectives of the workshop.
2 day in-person WORKSHOP
FOR MORE INFORMATION please click the following link: Miano Academy
the human figure
WITH DAN THOMPSON | 10 June—14 june, 2024 | 10:00 A.M.—4:30 P.M. (EST)
the art students league of new york
215 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This drawing workshop teaches students how to develop the human figure, in long pose, from close observation. All skill levels are welcome. Each session will commence with a demonstration lecture, which will build throughout the week, showing how to interpret optical information, proportional landmarks, cross hatching and accurate tonal values throughout the building process. The figure's planar and surface structures are described in detail. Stronger proficiency with drawing principles will result from the ongoing exercise in graphite pencil, as student work supports the learning objectives of the workshop.
5 DAY in-person WORKSHOP
to register for this course, PLEASE click the following link: The art students league
musculoskeletal gross anatomy for the figurative artist
WITH DAN THOMPSON | 11 July—15 july, 2024 | 10:00 A.M.—4:00 P.M. (EST)
the art students league of new york
215 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
NOTE:
july 11: The workshop will begin at the New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
july 12 - 15: each day students will meet at 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This course presents the study of anatomy as a convergence of three unique concentrations: the historical aesthetics of medical research, contemporary human dissection, and life drawing. The workshop begins in the rare book library of the New York Academy of Medicine, where students examine original, centuries-old copies of some of the seminal anatomical treatises. Thereafter, students work in a medical setting, becoming more familiar with the extraordinary layers of interrelated human form - structures which are not typically clear in anatomical references. Motivated students of representational art will have unparalleled opportunities for developing detailed anatomical knowledge through their work in Cornell College of Medicine’s anatomy lab, where they will explore the complexities of the body through the study of PROSECTIONS and cadavers (prosections are specially prepared human anatomical specimens, wrapped in a damp preservative, as well as plastinated specimens, which allow for the study of deeper and more isolated anatomical structure).
A live model will pose in the anatomy lab during the workshop to help students understand how the deeper structures manifest within the living figure. Ultimately, students will work towards achieving greater anatomical clarity and fidelity in their comprehension, which will be applied to creating artwork with a finer appreciation of human construction.
5 DAY in-person WORKSHOP
to register for this course, PLEASE click the following link: The art students league
Sculpt the Portrait/Draw the Portrait: Planes of the Head
WITH DAN THOMPSON | 17 august—18 august, 2024 | 9:30 A.M.—4:30 P.M. (EST)
The Art league School
105 North Union Street | Alexandria, Virginia 22314
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This multidisciplinary workshop focuses on the ability to interpret form. All skill levels are welcome, but material preparation is required. Students will model life-sized portraiture, in the round, centered on major planar surfaces. Students will bring this tactile learning into a long posed, graphite portrait, which will be drawn from the same model. Students learn the importance of correlating tonality in pencil with planar form. Participants will also be able to transform their aptitude of landmark facial structures, from live sittings. Model fees extra.
2 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP
TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE, PLEASE CONTACT: theartleagueschool
Sculpt the Portrait/Draw the Portrait: features of the Head
WITH DAN THOMPSON | 19 august—21 august, 2024 | 9:30 A.M.—4:30 P.M. (EST)
The Art league School
105 North Union Street | Alexandria, Virginia 22314
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE:
This multidisciplinary workshop focuses on the ability to interpret form. All skill levels are welcome, but material preparation is required. Students will model life-sized portraiture, in the round, centered on the features and critical, artistic-anatomical structures of the head. Students will bring this tactile learning into a long posed, graphite portrait, which will be drawn from the same model. Students learn the importance of correlating tonality in pencil with planar form. Participants will also be able to transform their aptitude of landmark facial structures, from live sittings. Model fees extra.