Have you ever struggled with drawing or understanding human proportions? In this class, artist Fei Lu breaks down the complexities of human proportions in 5 simple lessons. After this class, you’ll know how to confidently draw human bodies and express different genders and age! In this step-by-step course, you will be guided through the beginning stages of figure drawing and become a master of body proportions!

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

Construct human bodies using simple shapes
Illustrate the differences between adult, children, infant and elderly body proportions
Understand the differences between male, female, and adolescent body types
Draw simple but realistic facial proportions of men, women, children, babies, and the elderly
Draw people of different ages and genders together on one page

This project demonstration is drawn traditionally using pencil, but you may use the medium of your choice, including digital techniques!

(Process shot of final project showing different ages and genders - step by step project)

(Process shot of male figure drawing - step by step project)

(Facial proportion differences of children and the elderly)

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.

Dwight McKague

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