ONLINE: Life Drawing: Structural Bodies

Figure Drawing with a healthy dash of Perspective.

The focus of this three-day workshop is the representation of the human figure as a 3-dimensional form in space, something that can really assist with conveying foreshortened forms. Some of the key `building blocks' of 3-D form are cylinders, spheres and blocks. We will make use of these building blocks to analyze a variety of short and long poses, with an eye to more accurately conveying volumes and relative positions of body forms.  

This workshop will place emphasis on analysis and description, rather than on expression. Drawings will be primarily linear. The workshop can be taken on its own, but is also a natural complement to the Summer Intensive course Figure Drawing and Anatomy.  Most of the time will be spent drawing from live models, supplemented by brief slide lectures and demonstration. 

These three days of guided drawing should help provide students with the tools to continue with further self-directed investigations as well.

Note: It is recommended that students have taken a course in Introduction to Life Drawing or have basic figure drawing experience.

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Summer 2021: 3 Day Intensive Workshop (Tues-Thurs 10am-4pm) 

Base Tuition: $275 + Model Fee: $80 = Total: $355

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: Thomas Hendry, a Toronto-based artist, has been an instructor at the Toronto School of Art since 1996. Hendry believes that learning art should be a positive discovery process. He practices this teaching philosophy beyond the Toronto School of Art at Sheridan College, The Haliburton School of Fine Arts, the AGO Gallery School, OCAD Outreach Program and the Toronto District School Board. 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.