• Intermediate
  • Drawing

This ONLINE course will focus on improving students ability to draw the forms and action of the human figure. Working with models on Zoom, supplemented by instructor demos and brief lectures, students will use a variety of drawing exercises to describe the main structures and shapes of the human body.

Note: It is recommended that students have taken the Introduction to Life Drawing course or have equivalent and recent life drawing instruction.


Spring 2021: 5 Weeks: Base Tuition: $235 + Model Fee: $60 =  Total: $295

TSA will deliver this course using ZOOM. Prior to the course session, you will receive an invitation for the session(s) via email. You'll need a laptop, desktop or tablet, internet connection with good bandwidth and headset (either wired or wireless). We recommend that you set up a free ZOOM account and be familiar with ZOOM prior to the class beginning.  Here is a link to help you get started: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697

Notes: Instructor Thomas Hendry is a Toronto-based artist and has been teaching at the Toronto School of Art since 1996. His drawings, shown in numerous exhibitions, use the means of traditional art to create contemporary images, images that address the beauty, mystery and complexity embodied in the human form. In addition to teaching at TSA, Thomas is an instructor at Sheridan College and has taught at The Haliburton School of Fine Arts, the AGO Gallery School, OCAD Outreach Program and the Toronto District School Board.
* This course is not currently open for registration

What you will learn

  • Body structural masses
  • Key anatomical information
  • Proportion and measurement
  • Refining contour line
  • Developing more sensitive shading