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bif

(24,267 posts)
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 11:40 AM Jun 2024

I'm starting a drawing class tomorrow!

It's a ten-week class offered by our local library. Looking forward to it. I'm an absolutely horrible draftsman (person?), especially drawing the human figure and faces. This should be challenging but ultimately rewarding. Fingers crossed!

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I'm starting a drawing class tomorrow! (Original Post) bif Jun 2024 OP
good for you Mark! FalloutShelter Jun 2024 #1
Going into it with a bit of trepidation. bif Jun 2024 #3
Try not to . FalloutShelter Jun 2024 #6
coincidentally, i'm starting a quartering class! ret5hd Jun 2024 #2
Groan! bif Jun 2024 #4
my spouse appreciates your sacrifice... ret5hd Jun 2024 #8
I've been thinking about taking a class at the Boston MFA Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #5
Excellent! I've been taking art classes now for about 9 years Ocelot II Jun 2024 #7
You've certainly mastered figure drawing bif Jun 2024 #9
Beautifully done, Ocelot! Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #11
Good for you, Mark! Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #10

FalloutShelter

(12,844 posts)
1. good for you Mark!
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 11:46 AM
Jun 2024

I'll be interested in seeing the change in your work... or not. I should say the influence this class will have on your already evolving style.

FalloutShelter

(12,844 posts)
6. Try not to .
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 11:53 AM
Jun 2024

No pressure. This should be fun... exploration.

My advice? Seek inspiration, not perfection.

Good luck.

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
8. my spouse appreciates your sacrifice...
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jun 2024

the more you (and others here) absorb, the less she has to endure.

Voltaire2

(14,884 posts)
5. I've been thinking about taking a class at the Boston MFA
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 11:48 AM
Jun 2024

and quite frankly it scares the shit out of me. It has been 50 years since I was (briefly) in art school.

Ocelot II

(121,523 posts)
7. Excellent! I've been taking art classes now for about 9 years
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 12:15 PM
Jun 2024

and it's been really exciting. The instructor is great, he maintains that drawing is absolutely fundamental to everything else, and even when you get to more advanced painting he insists on a good underlying drawing. One class in figure drawing involved learning the basics of proportions of human bodies and faces. (I'm still not comfortable with faces because it's hard to aim the eyes.) I think you'll really enjoy it.

We did basic figures like this:


and worked up to more complicated ones like this:





Diamond_Dog

(35,199 posts)
10. Good for you, Mark!
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 01:40 PM
Jun 2024

I have always preferred pencil/charcoal sketching over painting, especially with faces. It’s really a skill. I could probably benefit from lessons, too. My college drawing classes were too long ago. 🙂

Anyway, good luck. Have fun with it! I hope you post some of your successes!

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