Will Weston – Figure Composition and Story
Figure Composition & Story assumes you’re learning to draw figures for a reason. In this class, students learn to draw proportionally accurate but simple figures that can be drawn quickly and clearly. We then take a deep dive into figure composition as it’s used today in animation, film, game design, graphic novels, figurative painting and some children’s books. This is also a great foundational class for those interested in storyboarding. We address figure drawing in perspective. Students learn numerous compositional approaches, including strategies from earlier eras applicable today. This class is about planning figure-based art projects. We discuss the role of character archetypes, how to create casts of characters, and their value in telling visual stories. Students develop proficiencies through numerous exercises and a final story-telling project based on figure composition with limited props. All my Drawing America classes involve lectures, presentations, and individual recorded critiques of student work every week. Students may work digitally, traditionally, or using a combination of both media.
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Will Weston Drawing for Composition
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-drawing-for-composition-late-fall-2020/
This is a recorded version of Drawing for Composition, a 6-week class that I’ve taught in the US and in Europe. It gives students the object drawing skills needed to later excel at compositional techniques used by contemporary Illustrators, entertainment artists, and landscape artists. Students learn drawing methods that allow for differences in style, that cover a variety of objects and allow students to draw anything they may encounter in reference photography or out in the world.
Weston teaches drawing and composition workshops for professional artists at DreamWorks Animation and the Animation Union. He also conducts workshops in Europe. Weston is an Associate Professor who teaches in both the Entertainment Arts and Entertainment Design programs at ArtCenter.
Will Weston Figure Drawing Class
Shot live on location in NYC this two-hour session begins with strategies for drawing the figure and then moves right into student pads, with Mr. Weston drawing over their work and explaining as he goes.
Will Weston Costume Drawing Lecture and Demo
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/live-stream-will-weston-costume-drawing-lecture/
Will Weston – Costume Drawing
https://drawingamerica.com/ld-groups/will-weston-drawing-the-costumed-figure/
This class contains an entire 2-hour video focused on various aspects of costume drawing. It also includes about 2 hours of Will Weston’s LiveStream Costume Drawing Lecture filmed on January 17th, 2020.
Will Weston Figure Drawing Summer 2021
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-figure-drawing-summer-2021/
In this 6-week (7 lesson) workshop, students will learn basic figure construction and then proceed through the figure focusing more in-depth on human anatomy. Drawing techniques, how to draw volumetrically as well as figure lighting will also be covered. Students will be given weekly homework assignments and receive personal video critiques on their work.
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-figure-drawing-lecture/
Three and half hours of Will Weston drawing a 40-foot drawing while discussing strategies for drawing the figure. This class was filmed live for Drawing New York in New York City.
Will Weston – Mad Science (Summer 2021)
http://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-mad-science-summer-2021/
This drawing workshop uses old submarine interiors, steam cars, tanks, pre WW1 flying machines, and 19th century dental and medical equipment as references allowing drawing students to portray character-filled man-made lab equipment, creepy lab furniture, and environments. Students learn to draw everything using cylinders (pipes & pipe fittings), balls, boxes, wire, and ropes, all exaggerated for clarity and expression. Students then scale and design a cutaway for a Mad Scientists laboratory allowing for staging and potential layouts.
Will Weston – Advanced Projects (Summer 2021)
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-advanced-projects-summer-2021/
Advanced projects is a portfolio-building class that allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of the visual development process to future employers. Students work on a vis dev project of their choosing under the instructor’s supervision. This is an advanced class with a limited number of students, and people work at different rates given previous experience. Some students may take the class once to finish a project and others twice, so students will progress as fast as their skills and discipline allow.
https://drawingamerica.com/courses/will-weston-composition-for-animation-and-film-fall-2021/
Working from an instructor-provided story prompt, students spend 6 weeks learning to execute all stages of a composition’s development, from initial storyboards and prop design through rough sketches and on to final the composition (layout). This is important because, professionally, every developmental stage is used in review processes that determine the future direction of a project. Everything, thumbnails to the final layout, must be clear and provide visual information needed for creative decision making.
There are no requirements for this class, however, it assumes students enter with reasonable drawing skills. If in doubt, consider taking Drawing for Composition, or MAD SCIENCE (recommended in this order) first. Those courses prepare students for this one.
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