Analytical Figure Drawing Audit Lectures [TKS, Kirk Shinmoto]
- Publisher
- TKS
- Product Type
- Video Course
- Product URL
- https://thekirkshop.com/analyticalaudit
- Author
- Kirk Shinmoto
- Language
- English
- Duration
- 21:44
- Release date
- Jan 1, 2024
- Skill level
- Project Files
- Yes
- Product Price
- $400
Course Description
Analytical Figure Audit Class Lectures is a 12-video lecture series by Kirk Shinmoto focused on gesture, form, structure, and anatomy of the human figure.This audit class directly mirrors the same lectures from Kirk Shinmoto’s live classes. The videos follow the same topics covered over a 12-week course and include demos, assignments, and weekly topics. Additional handouts are also included with each lecture.
The in-class homework critique recordings from the live classes are not included.
This is an intensive course designed to solidify students’ understanding of the gesture, form, and anatomy of the human figure. Rather than only memorizing anatomical diagrams, the course focuses on the structure and function of anatomy and how it can be used as a design element.
Each section covers different drawing concepts or parts of the body, helping students understand how to organize and design the complexities of the human form.
What You’ll Learn
- How to understand the gesture of the human figure
- How to identify gesture in both 2D and 3D space
- How to use basic forms to break down the figure
- How to understand structure and proportions
- How to identify the skeletal structure of the figure using landmarks
- How the ribs and pelvis relate to the figure
- How to approach a basic head lay-in
- How the head connects to the shoulders
- How to understand the upper torso and shoulders
- How to understand the lower torso and hips
- How to use light and shadow to communicate volume
- How to apply basic rendering techniques
- How to understand the upper legs and knees
- How to understand the lower legs and feet
- How to understand the upper arms and their relationship to the shoulders
- How to understand the lower arms
- How to break down and simplify the hands
- How to approach drawing the head from different angles
Course Contents
Week 1 - Gesture Breakdown with Basic Forms
Introduction and materials overview.Students learn how to identify the overall gesture of the figure in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional space.
Week 2 - Structure and Proportions: Ribs and Pelvis
This section covers the underlying skeletal structure of the figure and how to identify it using landmarks.Week 3 - Anatomy: Basic Head, Neck, and Shoulders Breakdown
Students learn a basic lay-in for heads and how the head connects to the shoulders.Week 4- Anatomy: Upper Torso and Shoulders
This section covers the mechanics and forms of the upper torso and shoulders.Week 5 - Anatomy: Lower Torso and Hips
Students study the mechanics and forms of the lower torso and hips.Week 6 - Rendering, Light and Shadow, Basic Forms
This section covers the basics of light and shadow, basic rendering techniques, and how to communicate the volume of forms.Week 7 - Anatomy: Upper Leg and Knees
Students study the mechanics and forms of the upper legs and knees.Week 8 - Anatomy: Lower Leg and Feet
This section covers the mechanics and forms of the lower legs and feet.Week 9 - Anatomy: Upper Arms
Students study the mechanics and forms of the upper arms and their relationship to the shoulders.Week 10 - Anatomy: Lower Arms
This section covers the mechanics and forms of the lower arms.Week 11 - Anatomy: Hands
Students learn a basic breakdown of the hands, including strategies for drawing and simplification.Week 12 - Head Drawing
The final section gives an overview of the larger structures of the head, with emphasis on drawing from different angles.Course Features
- 12+ lecture videos
- Lectures range from 1.5 to 2 hours in length
- Based on the same lectures from the live class
- Demos included
- Assignments included
- Weekly topics included
- Additional handouts included with each lecture
- Indefinite access to pre-recorded streamed lectures through Gumroad
- In-class homework critique recordings are not included
Requirements
This course is recommended for intermediate students.Some drawing experience is recommended, but not required.
Who This Course Is For
This course is for students who want to strengthen their understanding of gesture, form, structure, and anatomy in figure drawing.It is suitable for artists who want to move beyond memorizing anatomical diagrams and learn how anatomy can be organized, understood, and used as a design element in figure drawing.
About the Instructor
The course is taught by Kirk Shinmoto.Final Result
By the end of the course, students will have a stronger understanding of the gesture, structure, form, and anatomy of the human figure.Students will also gain practical experience through assignments focused on gesture, ribs and pelvis, head and shoulders, torso, hips, arms, legs, hands, rendering, light and shadow, and drawing the head from different angles.
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