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Join Scott to study the structure, expressivity and aesthetic richness of the human form, with demonstrations from Scott, class activities and one-on-one feedback in a supportive and enjoyable environment.

Course content is based on my Form, Gesture, Anatomy Course, focussing on the Elements of Classical Figure Drawing section, and we will apply this to drawing the nude model from life.

Over 8 sessions, we will cover the following areas - both separately and then reintegrating them together.

1. Blocking in and accuracy - key landmarks, orienting masses in space in relation to each other, analysing form and gesture in essentials, in particular the torso

2. Thinking in Volumes - seeing/feeling and drawing the body as large masses, and constructing/ depicting subforms using only line.

3. Design principles in the human body (and nature generally) - S curves, C curves, and straight lines, line weight, harmony and variation, counterbalance, extending lines as far as possible, looking for a major line of design and related lines

4. Gesture and exaggeration - finding swing and rhythm to the line, taking the observed pose and exaggerating this slightly, telling a story with the body

5. Rendering - principles of rendering form in light and shade, types of rendering, points about rendering in different media, options for direction of linear rendering,

   For illustrations of these 5 points, click here.

Enrolled students will be given a membership with two months of access to the Form, Gesture, Anatomy Course online book (can be extended if desired by choosing one of the payment options). You may prepare for the class by following the activities in the notes, (particularly from the Fundamentals of Form sections). Advice on how to do this will be sent to you upon enrolment, when I manually activate your access so this can take up to 24 hours (in the meantime check the details and class schedule here)

Core 8 sessions:

January 7, 14, 21, 28

February 4, 11, 18, 25

Followed by 2 catch-up/extension sessions on March 4 and 11 - these are available at a discounted catchup rate if taken in order to cover a missed class, or can be simply purchased at the time as an extension class.

7:10 to 9:40 pm

(this timing allows you to access parking on Petrie Terrace immediately after the clearway ends at 7:00pm)

Upstairs workshop space, Royal Queensland Art Society

Map for free parking, schedule of topics and other details can be found here.

To access student discount, proof of enrolment in a tertiary institution will be required at the first session attended.

Materials are not included, but I will have packs of good A2 drawing paper available for a few dollars, and a few grades of graphite pencils are sufficient eg HB, 2B, 4B. View full materials list

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Catchup classes/ extension long pose will be held on the 4th and 11th of March

• if you missed any classes, you can pay $20USD ($28AUD) per session to attend,

• if you did not miss any sessions you will be able to enrol at the same price per session of $44 USD ($60AUD) regular price or $30USD ($40AUD) with tertiary student discount. The booking form for catchups will be sent to you closer to the time.