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Sphere Form of the Human Head at various angles

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See the "longitude" lines on a beach ball Every Human and Creature on the Earth can be croken down into its BASIC Cylinder & Sphere FORM How do we combine BASIC FORMS into more COMPLEX?? Rough Sketches of Cylinders The stripes on the Shirt and Hat give Clues to the FORM underneath The human eyeball IS a perfect sphere Human heads are not 'perfect' spheres Draw the Sphere as if it were a basket ball The Head looking in various directions

Figure Drawing - Proportion and Basic Form

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Abstracted Wooden Figure Simple Form Static Firgure in a Dynamic Pose Breaking the Complex Figure into BASIC forms People/Artists who want to develop their drawing skills regularly draw from a live nude model. Of course...in lieu of nude model students draw from their teacher, and classmates who learn about the various poses that make for interesting drawings and challenge "seeing" correct proportions and movement of the human form . Student/Artists are challenged to imagine the skeleton hips, spine, and shoulders as well as how to show weight and tension when examining a particular pose. Seated Figure Standing Figure   Skeletal and Muscular Systems

Hands

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Lynsey Murray, Let Go & Hold On Albrecht Durer

Studies- Michelangelo

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From the Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands...Pencil & Black Chalk Michelangelo   Why Do Artist Sketch?  How do they develop their skills/abilites and perfect their desired outcome?

Gesture- Kollwitz

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I recently learned of this Artist... love how he didnt NEED to render the Arm for its form but rather suggested the activity of the limb in this self portrait!

Da Vinci-Drapery Drawing to Develop Skill

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Do we simply draw for the outcome? Can the exercise itself become a work of Art? Sometimes....

Session 6 Landscapes & Nature

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Atmospheric Perspective and creating Spatial Depth Light sources and Negative space to create Contrast Finding & Creating Dynamic Compositions