Figure Drawing For Beginners; A Simplified Approach

Begin your journey to mastering the human figure with this comprehensive beginner figure drawing course! Designed for complete novices, this online course will guide you step-by-step to confidently draw the human form.

Created by Robert Joyner, a full-time artist with over 15 years of experience in painting and teaching, this Udemy course offers an in-depth exploration of figure drawing techniques. If you can already draw basic shapes like circles, squares, and rectangles, you're well-prepared to begin.

This course breaks down the complexities of figure drawing into manageable steps. You'll learn how to analyze the body by understanding the underlying shapes and then adding gesture to create dynamic and lifelike figures. Robert presents these techniques through easy-to-follow demonstrations, encouraging you to draw along and build your skills.

"This class illustrates the breakdown of body parts into shapes upon which the figure is built, and adding gesture to that structure to create a dynamic figure drawing. Robert presents this in easy to understand demonstrations that students are encouraged to draw along with. These techniques simplify the mechanism of figure drawing. Where to start drawing a figure and getting proportions right has always been difficult for me, but even midway through this class that apprehension is being replaced by a growing confidence.” – Kat Schieber

Course Overview:

• Section One: Gesture & Structure
  • Discover the power of gesture in capturing the essence of the figure, moving beyond stick figures to understand long-axis curves.
  • Learn to identify and draw key gestures for various poses using simple, characteristic lines.
  • Master the use of structure to add volume and depth to your gestures, creating three-dimensional figures.
  • Sculpt the body using basic forms and shapes.
• Section Two: Body Parts
  • A detailed breakdown of all major body parts: head, neck, ribcage, waist, pelvis, arms, shoulders, legs, and feet.
  • Easy-to-understand methods for drawing each body part using gesture and structure.
• Section Three: Proportions
  • Develop a general model for understanding proportions in front, back, and profile views.
  • Explore key similarities and differences in proportions between male and female bodies.
• Section Four: Final Assignment
  • Test your skills with a practice reel featuring four 6-minute poses.
  • Compare your work to Robert's demonstration of the same poses for valuable insights.

What You'll Also Get:

• Master's Analysis: Explore figure drawings by renowned artists like Michelangelo and Raphael to see how they applied the course concepts.
• Hours of Demos: Each lesson includes demonstrations using model images, showing you how to implement key ideas in diverse poses and situations.

This course is the perfect starting point for anyone wanting to learn how to draw the human figure.

"Amazing class, easy to follow along with plenty of example and demo to watch and learn from. It was a long course, I was intimidated by the length at first, but then I have managed to finish it in a week and complete the assessment. I feel that my figure drawing has improved so much." – Carmela Pica

Join us and begin your creative journey today!