Drawing people can be very intimidating -- especially in dynamic poses! The most common mistake in figure drawing for beginners is starting with the outline instead of the action, resulting in stiff looking poses. Instead, we'll learn how to draw a figure from the inside out, starting with the action using the GSL method.

There are three key tools within the GSL method that will help guide you to draw dynamic and realistic people -- Gesture, Shape and Line! Innovated by figurative artist and instructor Fei Lu, this original figure drawing methodology will teach you to construct a human body in three easy steps. By breaking up the process, you’ll gain confidence in your figure drawing skills and develop highly realistic interpretations of the human body quickly and efficiently.

By the end of this course you will know how to:

Capture the action / movement of a figure
Build accurate silhouettes using simple shapes
Apply realistic details to your figures
Measure and translate human proportions
Draw dynamic action poses
Draw faster and more efficiently
Gain confidence with a new technique

Materials:

Demonstrations are drawn traditionally using pencil crayons, but you may use the medium of your choice, including digital techniques!

(Drawing of an action pose with gesture, shape, and line)

(Final GSL drawing)

About the Instructor:

Fei Lu is an award winning visual artist, educator, and founder of Winged Canvas. She has been teaching and practicing life drawing for over 20 years, and coined the GSL (gesture, shape, line) method for figure drawing, helping thousands of students build their confidence and get into the art school of their dreams with this proven teaching methodology.

Connor Leahy

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