Analytical Figure Drawing 1/2 with instructor Michael Hampton

Analytical Figure Drawing 1/2 with instructor Michael Hampton | 10.94GB
Video: AVC (.flv) 1280x720 15fps | Audio: AAC 44.1KHz stereo
Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Price: $699
Pre-Reqs: Good drawing foundation.
Materials: Optional - Photoshop/Wacom tablet or equivalent
Sketchbook (any size) pencils (preferably prismacolor pencils) and/or a wacom tablet, Scanner or Camera to scan or photograph homework assignments

Recommended Texts:

-Figure Drawing: Design and Invention
-Vilppu Drawing Manual
-Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life

As students continue to develop a basic skill set throughout this course, a special emphasis will be placed on the understanding and application of those basics to the human figure. This course will emphasize a process based approach focusing on the analysis of form, construction, and perspective. This course will offer an in depth study of the figure and the surface anatomy while always maintaining a grounding in the artistic and principles of design.

This is the second Analytical Figure Drawing class offered through CGMA. As such, this course builds on the skills and information covered in the initial course, however challenges students to push those skills through the introduction of additional subject matter. In addition to covering parts not addressed in the first course (hand, feet, features, and drapery) this course will answer the basic question of "what to do with the figure?" This question will be put to the student through lectures on the execution/ use of tone and composition specifically.

Week 1: Introduction of teacher / Goals of class. Lecture on gesture and the development of a process.
Week 2: Connections, Shape and Understanding the skeletal landmarks.
Week 3: Head Drawing. Construction and design of the human head.
Week 4: Muscles: Torso/trunk. Placing the anatomical shapes of the upper and lower torso based off the understanding of the skeletal landmarks.
Week 5: Torso (2nd part).
Week 6: The structure and anatomy of the legs.
Week 7: The structure, design and anatomy of the upper arm and shoulders.
Week 8: The structure, construction and design of the forearm.

Michael Hampton has been teaching classes related to the figure for close to ten years, focusing on teaching anatomy and figure drawing in a way that is specifically tailored to students entering the fields of animation, illustration, and game art.

Homepage: http://2d.cgmasteracademy.com/analytical-figure-drawing.html