Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 34 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Donelli DiMaria
Rating
2 views
Course Overview
This course teaches a step-by-step procedure to draw a figure or portrait in less than 40 minutes from life.
In this course I review the basics of figure and portrait drawing in terms of gesture, action lines, foreshortening, value, edges, and details of the features. With the modified version of the "Reilly" technique used here, the subscriber/student will learn to draw a full figure or portrait in under 45 minutes from life or photographs on toned paper with less than six values using carbon pencils and white pastel chalk. To aid in learning this technique, two complete drawings (figure and portrait) are demonstrated with running description of the drawing process throughout.
Course Content
- 3 section(s)
- 16 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Drawing the Figure
- Section 3 Drawing the Portrait
What You’ll Learn
- Draw the figure or portrait from life or photographs.
Reviews
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JJeffrey Clark
This course covers all of the principles of figure drawing I learned years ago and needed to refresh. I really appreciate how Donelli DiMaria carefully covers all of the units and shows how to establish flowing form from the get-go.
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LLisa Ricketts
I think so. I managed to do a pleasingly accurate version of the figure my tutor is using. I think my legs come up a bit short but that may be because my head is 2 inches from the top. I would be scared to start any higher. I think my problem lies in the length of the torso. but pretty good. The portrait was ok. I kind of de-proed it by using the blending stump. I guess it will take experience to discover where and how to get the best out of that particular tool. I'm a bit disappointed that the course only covered these two examples and that the tuition was only 1.5 hours worth.
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MMaha Al-Zahrani
Very good explanation and excellent display especially with the terms used in drawing.
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MMarc Coleman
It was a good course but honestly, I didn't learn anything new and I could have gotten this info free on YouTube.
