ONLINE FIGURE DRAWING CLASSES

 I’ve been doing figure drawing since I was only five heads high. Practicing daily through high school and college taught me the fundamentals, and my long career in the arts refined my technique. However, practice must be augmented by instruction, or the emerging artist is hampered, practicing their mistakes and wondering why their artwork isn’t improving. When exploring how to learn figure drawing, one must begin with effective art instruction.

HOW I TEACH AND HOW YOU LEARN

All of my online classes are live and interactive. I start by observing how developed each student's skills are. Small class sizes allow me to offer quality time and individual attention. Life drawing is the foundation of an artist’s overall skill set, whether mastering traditional technique, or gaining an edge in ones digital presentation. CGI is unimpressive without artistic skill.

 Demonstrations will punctuate the curriculum, as will sketching exercises designed to train hand/-eye coordination, encouraging an increasingly effortless union. Most importantly, artists will be taught, not just how to look, but how to see!

YOU’RE IN GOOD HANDS

 I studied illustration at the Art Institute of Chicago and watercolor technique at The American Academy of Art. I was a founding partner at Howell/Mitchell Design, before moving to New York in pursuit of other opportunities over 30 years ago. With decades of successful freelance service, drawing presentation storyboards for ad agencies in New York and Chicago, I’ve virtually mastered the human form. I am proficient in a wide variety of techniques, and am comfortable in most mediums.

Currently, I am an accredited Teaching Artist with Creative Art Works  in Manhattan, for whom I guide emerging artists in schools around New York City. I've also created murals and large scale works for clients in New York, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Honolulu.

LEARN LIFE DRAWING TODAY

There’s a confident, proficient artist within you ready to master the tenants of visual self expression. All that’s missing is the proper guidance. You will be amazed at how much your skills will have improved by this time next month. Tell me where you want to go and I’ll show you how to get there!

To learn more about my approach to teaching kids, please see Figure Drawing Classes For Young People.

Fundamentals of Figure Drawing

Beginner and Intermediate Curriculum

Classes are 8 sessions over 4 weeks. All sessions are 90 minutes.

Session 1: Gesture drawing and proportion

Session 2: Volume and structure

Session 3: Head and neck

Session 4: Details of the head

Session 5: Light and shadow

Session 6: Putting it all together

Session 7: Guided figure drawing 1

Session 8: Guided figure drawing 2

For more class information, see our detailed curriculum.

Email me or fill out the form below and let me know whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, and together we’ll plot a course to the next level.

Register before October 30, 2020 for a 20% discount.