Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

Overview

“In this lesson, I will explain how you can use line weight to your advantage. First, I will demonstrate how to sketch the outline in red, before honing in on the line work with in black. ”

In this video lesson Alexander Steenhorst addresses the topic: The Set-up and Line Work, 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 do the setup and final line work. Now that we've prepared everything, we're going to set up the red drawing over here, so the sketch. and then we're going to spend some time online working. Now again, don't be afraid of making mistakes with the red drawing because they're barely visible in the end result. Now, just because we're drawing on the red page, I'm going to add a notebook. So my hand is a little bit. Better supported. First, I put down some dots to measure the whole figure. I really want to add that stretch. Air in the side. Here I just want to make s...”

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Course summary for: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (159)
• 10450 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 21m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching