Figure Drawing
Mini-Workshop

Figure Sketch by Shane McDonald
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Figure Drawing Workshop
(with live nude female model)
Ages 12 - Adult
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
$40 (3.5 hours, includes model fee)
LIMITED TO 10 STUDENTS.
Students will be need to bring:
- vine charcoal sticks
- soft and extra soft charcoal pencils
- compressed charcoal sticks
- light pastel/conté crayon
- assortment of blending stumps (tortillons)
- kneaded eraser
- 18 x 24 inches newsprint pad (smooth finish preferred)
- 18 x 24 inches white drawing paper/pad
Shane will cover the following ways to address the drawing of the human figure from a live nude female model.
Agenda
- 30-minute lecture/exercise/demonstration of general human proportion
- several gesture drawings (for movement, sense of gravity, and scale)
- a few 10-minute drawings (for angles of armature, positive/negative space, center of weight, and contour lines)
- a couple of 20-minute drawings (deliniating light and shadow to help define depth and cover challenges of foreshortening, hands and feet)
- one 25-minute drawing (a chance to bring it all together)
Payment and Registration
Pre-payment is required to register. Want to pay by cash or check? Email Shane McDonald or leave a voicemail at (770) 218-0676 to let him know you're stopping by to pay or that the check is in the mail.
