Drawing the Half Figure Tutorial 4: The 3/4 Pose
Julia Hayes, Byzantine Iconography Tutorials
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Lessons in This Class
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S2T4.1 Introduction
1:37
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S2T4.2 Basic Structure
4:09
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S2T4.3 Garments and Wings
6:02
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S2T4.4 Face and Hair
10:08
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About This Class
In this class we will learn to draw the basic structure of the half-figure of an angel in the 3/4
pose. This course presupposes that you have completed the courses on drawing the face.
Meet Your Teacher
Hello, I'm Julia. I'm a South African born byzantine iconographer with 16 years experience. I live and studied iconography in Greece with teachers including master iconographer George Kordis. I have also studied Theology and done post-graduate studies in Liturgics at the University of Athens.
So what are these iconography tutorials about?
This is not a standard weekend iconography workshop where you simply learn to trace an icon and "paint-by-numbers". It was never the tradition of the Church to make "photocopies" of old icons, but sadly this modern "tradition" is destroying the creative tradition of the Church. Every period of iconography from the Comnene to the Paleologian periods to the Cretan School has it's own style within the Byzantine system of painting ... See full profile
Hands-on Class Project
Make a sketch of the half-figure of an angel or the saint of your choice in the three- quarter pose.Â
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