Topics Covered

• How to find the motion of the body through gesture


• How to simplify the torso to quickly find its position using ‘the bean‘ and ‘robo bean‘


• How to ‘mannequinize‘ the body into its simplest forms to find structure


• The landmarks on the body that we can use to measure and construct the forms


• The proportions of an average and idealistic person


• How to properly measure a figure in any position and get it plotted accurately on your paper


• How to make the figure appear balanced


• How to exaggerate your reference to make the drawing more interesting


• How to shade the drawing after you have the linear drawing finished


• A complete figure drawing from layin to shading