Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses
Inspiration for Future Projects
A course by Alexander Steenhorst , Artist
About the video: Inspiration for Future Projects
Overview
“You now know all the fundamentals to construct your project! It's time to define some artists you like and cherry pick the stylistic elements you'd like to use. ”
In this video lesson Alexander Steenhorst addresses the topic: Inspiration for Future Projects, 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 inspiration for future projects. So far, we've looked at several fundamentals. balance, movement, anatomy, volume and readability and use them as puzzle pieces to construct our final project. but there's more you can do. You can also look at style, the final bit of our pyramids. And with style, i mean looking at people who inspire you. For example, the influences I had. Kim Young Gi, Moon Ri-an, whoever you want. But it's important that if you look at an artist you like, you pick one element you want to use for your final project. For example, If we lo...”
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Course summary for: Drawing the Human Figure & Expressive Poses
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Sketchbook, Sketching

Alexander Steenhorst
A course by Alexander Steenhorst
Alexander Steenhorst is a former psychologist turned artist, and has been drawing ever since his could remember. Since switching from his career as a psychologist to a full-time artist, he has collaborated with clients such as ING, ASML and Akzo Nobel.
His work is inspired by artists like KIM JUNG GI, Tom Fox, Mondriaan, Van Gogh, and Moebius. You can also find Alexander on YouTube under his artist name, Dr. Draw.
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