Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

Overview

“Now let's look at the essence of a dynamic drawing: balance. I will show you how to achieve this with a simple method: drawing an X on the ribcage followed by a downward vertical line. ”

In this video lesson Alexander Steenhorst addresses the topic: Balance and Perspective, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses. Fill your sketchbook with expressive artwork by learning a variety of drawing techniques to illustrate characters with dynamic poses.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we're going to look at balance and perspective. Now let's take a closer look at our earlier drawing by Kim Young Gi. We can see that the whole pose is pretty tilted, right? Meaning it's dynamic. But there's another way of finding if a pose is dynamic. By looking at the balance. And we can find that by looking at the ribcage. The ribcage is the heaviest part of the body and always needs to be supported. If it isn't supported, it's suggesting someone is falling. Now let's take a closer look at this ribcage. So here we have the ribcage. Now at the front, here is the sternum. If ...”

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Course summary for: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

• Level: Beginner
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• 10300 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 21m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching