Course Description

The primary focus of this course is to advance fundamental technical skills in figure drawing, to gain an understanding of human anatomy, and to acquire a personal visual language of drawing from life. Through close observation of the human form, students will develop ways of seeing that go beyond conventional visual perception. Students will expand the skills necessary for figure drawing executed in a variety of wet and dry media, together with diverse methodologies of traditional and contemporary figure drawing including digital drawing on tablets and ARVR technology. Via the heightened observational and existential sensitivities gained through practice, students will discover that representations of the contemporary body make visible our constantly shifting cultural values, serve as an autobiographical record, and reflect the collective social conscience.