Model Drawing , art suppies, figure drawing.... (VIDEO Below)
MODEL DRAWING is so much more than you think, until you’ve taken the deep dive.
INITIATION
I never realized what a world I was opening into, of expression, exploration and discovery, as when I started taking model drawing classes.
(below, alcohol marker and Sharpie Ultra Fine on Fabriano Trace Vellum)
INVITATION TO an experience
I first experienced the transformative magic of Model drawing/ figure drawing/ life drawing when I became a fine arts foundation student on my way to be a fashion design major (and later full time fashion design professor) at Parsons School of Design, Fashion Department..
Then, as a professor, over 27 years of teaching /guiding students through model drawing exercises, live classes with live standing, posed models as well as fashion illustration for design courses and portfolio.
And the thing is….. it’s such an incredible space that we enter when we join a MODEL DRAWING CLASS and embark on the journey of discovery in personal practice or in a LIVE group studio class environment (i run one weekly online right here).
(Below, newsprint paper, White China Marker, Soft Woodless Graphite pencil)
GETTING STARTED
The more you can allow yourself the wild, playful and free space to EXPLORE all of your edges and expressions along the way,..
the more personal, confident, and raw individual style you will develop.
AND this doesn’t mean sacrificing accuracy, either!
It ALL comes together, in the most beautiful way.
BEFORE WE GET SUPER DETAILED about the clothing, hair and face, for example,…
We REALLY want to understand that fashion figure.
How does the body move? How does it look when balanced on its feet? What makes it look ALIVE? How do we place the parts together on the page and “BUILD A BODY”, from scratch?
WHAT IS THAT STRUCTURE BEHIND THE FINISHED SKETCH that actually makes it WORK?
We explore and discover our foundation here.
(below, soft graphite blocks)
ART SUPPLIES
As you’ll see in today’s video, we learn two things at once.
The only way we can learn to understand the fashion figure through model drawing is WITH OUR ART SUPPLIES!
Our art supplies in a fashion model drawing class ARTICULATE AND EXPRESS what we are seeing.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
What is so incredible is that each paper, each brush, each charcoal/ pencil/ ink pen, pastel, collage, watercolor, etc.
UNLOCKS A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF OUR EXPRESSION!
EVEN digital art supplies (below)
But I highly recommend starting on PAPER for a fully embodied experience!
And perhaps this is an experience that can only be lived and not described.
TEChniques
- Light and shadow,
- form,
- anatomy,
- movement,
- balance,
- contours,
- shapes,
- proportions
- silhouette
- line,
- textures,
- backgrounds,
- composition,
- environment,
- drama and contrast,
- emotion,
- detailed information,
- point of view,
- perspective,….
On and on it goes.
Here’s an insight to some of those essentials:
(Below, Oil pastel, charcoal pencil on newsprint paper)
Because once you get a model with limited-time poses, you get to engage in a drawing for a certain amount of time, and then release it. Its a great way to get lots of experience with less judgment and attachment, which frees you up to be more impulsive and instinct-driven.
MUSIC SETS THE MOOD
Working with music brings you in to a flow state as well.
Model magic (and all of my live courses) intentionally uses music in the model drawing experience to help you access this flow state and also notice the different moods that different music bring into your model drawing practice!!
INTUITION, INSPIRATION AND INSTINCT
A good model drawing course like Model Magic is going to take you into a deeply liberating, freeing and intuitive space where you feel like an artist and a creator. moving deeper and deeper into these roles.
(above and below, artist colored pencils)
A great model drawing course opens you up to playful and exagerated experimentation, both with styles and attitudes as well as with how you use art supplies….
And experimenting with papers, paints, pens, pencils, charcoals, and different EXERCISES
…that hone your vision and your way of seeing yourself, your art, and the model in front of you.
ESSENCE, EXPRESSION, EXPLORATION
EXPERIENCE and confidence
MODEL MAGIC COURSE was created to move you out of your safe, stiff comfort zone into a more fluid, vital, personal exploration of model drawing, art supplies, personal expression, discovery, curiosity, honesty, drama, and style.
My methods and technique give you the ability to create any body type that you need for any project.
And more. Learn more by visiting the sales page (it has free videos on it:0) AND by watching today’s video!
(BELOW, vine charcoal model drawing on sketch paper)
I can’t wait to meet you in our private community, Enjoy your lifetime access and use these exercises to deepen your drawing and personal style for years to come!
Love
Laura
(BELOW, Soft graphite pencil on sketch paper)
. A single pencil offers a wide range of delicate expressions!
(BELOW: even a digital pencil has a wider range of expression than you think! Check out my ipad course!)
(Below, a brush loaded with a gouache wash, on sketch paper, loosely exploring the shadows, angles, and placement of limbs in the pose of the fashion figure during a model drawing live session).
MODEL DRAWING VIDEO:
