Approachable Anatomy

A Spring Drawing Workshop

Details at a Glance 

  • All skill levels welcome

  • Online class

  • 1pm-3pm Eastern standard time (10am-12pm PST)

  • Meeting Sundays May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, and June 1st

  • $275 - or $250 with early bird discount (register before April 15th)

  • Access to recorded classes for 1 month after the class

More Info on This Class

 

Some things about humans drawing humans:

  • Drawing humans is HARD (unless you are some kind of crazy drawing protégée, in which case, congrats).

  • Drawing humans is ENTICING. We’re so much more interested in drawing humans than, say, lampshades (too bad for us, because lampshades are way easier to draw).

  • Getting better at drawing humans makes you better at drawing all sorts of things (no time you spend drawing is ever wasted).



Some things about this class:

  • We will draw a ton

  • It will meet on Zoom

  • No matter what level you’re at, this class will give you time and tools to develop your technique in drawing the human body

  • We’ll look at a variety of techniques to understand, simplify, demystify and practice drawing the human form. We’ll use anatomy, observation, gesture, proportional principals, imagination and our own intuition and lived experience

  • We’ll explore your own particular voice and style as it relates to figure drawing

  • We’ll dip into how our understanding of the human form can help us draw animals and objects

  • Materials are simple: a sketchbook or paper (a stack of plain printer paper will do), and any pens or pencils you like drawing with

  • If you’ve taken a figure drawing class with me before - will this class be repetitive? Well, the basics of anatomy remain the same since the last time we talked, but, in my experience, any repetition of these concepts is usually quite helpful, and more drawing time always is. I learned anatomy through repetition, and recommend returning to the same concepts as many times as feels right to you

  • You can click on the sign up button above to pay and register


A thing about me:

  • I’m a professional cartoonist and humorist for the New Yorker and other magazines. I’ve illustrated books, I draw a ton and teach a lot and generally find creativity to be one of the less absurd ways to spend your time on this earth. More about my teaching here.