Drawing the nude: Improving your drawings of the human body

At BeeCreative Studio, we believe that skill, practice, and an in-depth understanding of the body and its articulated forms can equip you with practical methods and techniques that will enable you to draw the human form successfully. In this life drawing course, you will be guided through drawing exercises that will enable you to make clear perceptions of the human body; empowering you enhance your skills and breathe new life into your depictions of the human figure.

Drawings are an expression of a process. Focusing on improving your drawing process will enable you to create successful drawings in the future – Nichola.

During this fully tutored life drawing course, you will be guided through exercises linked to the essential principles of drawing that will enable you to express your ideas and observations of form and movement more eloquently.

Guided by our tutor, you will be encouraged to explore line, movement, and proportion, using techniques and exercises that are designed to enhance your the skills, knowledge, and confidence in creating responsive figure drawings.

Suitable for both beginners and more experienced artists who would like to develop their skills and explore drawing further. This improvers course in life drawing will unite the skills of observation, expression and understanding in one coherent approach. Beginning with the key principles of observation, this course will give you a strong understanding of proportion and tonal value so that you can make well-observed, proportionally accurate drawings.

Here are the details

Course Structure:

This is a fully tutored course that uses exercises linked to the essential principles of drawing that will enable you to make visually accurate figure drawings. We will teach you to observe and understand the influence of anatomical masses such as the skeletal-muscular systems in-depth by drawing your attention to key themes and principles such as:

• The Proportions of the Human Body

• Movement and Weight Distribution

• Shape and Form

• The Five Elements of Tone

What we will provide:

•  Table easels

• Paper & Drawing board

• A range of drawing pencils, charcoal sharpener and eraser

• Instructional Handbook

How can I book on to the next Improvers life drawing course?

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