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Fine Arts · Year 3 · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Advanced Figure Drawing

This course advances observational and anatomical figure drawing skills. Students study complex poses, skeletal and muscular structure, dynamic movement, foreshortening, expressive mark-making, and refined rendering to develop mastery in depicting the human form.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Apply advanced anatomical knowledge to accurate figure drawing.
  2. Draw complex poses using gesture, volume, and structural planning.
  3. Execute foreshortening and dynamic movement with confidence.
  4. Render form using refined shading, edges, and tonal relationships.
  5. Produce finished figure drawings demonstrating proportion, expression, and clarity.
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Review of Figure Drawing Foundations
  2. 02Gesture Drawing: Movement & Energy
  3. 03Skeletal Structure: Proportion & Landmarks
  4. 04Muscular System: Masses & Surface Anatomy
  5. 05Constructive Figure Drawing: Forms & Volumes
  6. 06Complex Poses: Standing, Sitting & Reclining
  7. 07Foreshortening & Spatial Compression
  8. 08 · MidtermDynamic Action Poses
  9. 09Anatomical Studies: Torso, Limbs & Joints
  10. 10Head, Hands & Feet: Advanced Challenges
  11. 11Light, Shadow & Tonal Rendering
  12. 12Edges, Texture & Expressive Linework
  13. 13Multi-Figure Arrangements & Overlaps
  14. 14Artistic Style & Interpretation in Figure Drawing
  15. 15Studio Critique & Refinement
  16. 16Final Advanced Figure Drawing Project

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Students will produce a series of advanced figure drawings showing anatomical accuracy, dynamic structure, and refined rendering.

Deliverables

  1. A portfolio of 5-7 completed figure drawings.
  2. Anatomical sketch studies for muscles & structure.

How it’s judged

§ 04 Watch first
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