Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
First structure
A course by Leonardo Gauna , Illustrator
About the video: First structure
Overview
“How to choose a good structure that favors our drawing when using a photograph or working with a model. We will put main observation in the initial composition, general directions and compositional weights.”
In this video lesson Leonardo Gauna addresses the topic: First structure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing. Learn how to observe and depict the human figure with exercises to develop your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“First structure In this lesson we will start a drawing that we will develop from start to finish in the following lessons. For that we will review some of the lessons we saw, we will put them into research and exercise with this picture of Tatiana, which I took, which will be available so they can do the same exercise or another based on another photograph, It may also be interesting not to have the same reference. So, for that, we will start by doing an analysis, first in observation of what happens to the model. We see that the weight of his rib cage it's on the right side of it, our left...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Artistic Figure Drawing
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Drawing, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Leonardo Gauna
A course by Leonardo Gauna
Leonardo Gauna is an illustrator with more than a decade of experience who lives in the city of La Plata, Argentina. He has illustrated for a variety of media outlets, institutions, agencies, and galleries, and has traveled across the world to present artistic and educational projects in cities like Tokyo, Toronto, Paris, Belo Horizonte, Prague, and Houston, among others.
In 2014, the publisher TASCHEN featured his work in the book Illustration Now 5! Leonardo has published 12 books and his latest is a collection of his illustrations. He currently teaches workshops and courses and does research on virtual reality, which was the topic of his thesis for his degree in fine arts from the La Plata National University.
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