1. The Human Figure – John H. Vanderpoel
2. The Practice and Science of Drawing – Harold Speed
3. Draftman’s Handbook – Deane G. Keller
4. Drawing with an Open Mind: Reflections from a Drawing Teacher – Ted Seth Jacobs
5. The Artists Complete Guide to Figure Drawing – Anthony Ryder
6. Bridgeman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life – George Bridgeman
7. Modeling and Sculpting the Human Figure – Edouard Lanteri
8. The Academy an French Painting in the Nineteenth Century – Albert Boime
9. The Art and Craft of Drawing – Vernon Blake
10. Die Gesalt des Menschen – Gottfied Bammes
11. The Charles Bargue Drawing Course – Gerald Ackerman
12. The Art Spirit – Robert Henri
13. The Hidden Life of Art – Clare Gibson
14. The Materials of the Artist – Max Doerner
15. Artistic Anatomy – Robert Beverly Hale
16. Drawing the Heads and Hands/ Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth – Andrew Loomis
17. Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist – Stephen R Peck

My work:

Use L frames and sight size to determine canvas dimensions.

Draw with HB pencil on paper, then transfer drawing to canvas.

Begin with a first layer color wash.

For second and final layer, begin with shadow then work to the light,modelling and finishing as you go.

Instructor demo:

My work:

Tuesdays, Thursdays (Long pose figure)

Wednesdays (Color)

Fridays (Still life in mentor studios)

Color Study:

Value Study:

Final Painting in stages:

by Natalie Italiano

by Kerry Dunn (in progress)

by Ja Fang Lu (in progress)

by Joseph Dolderer (in progress)

Monday Evenings (Portrait)

Tuesdays, Thursdays (Long figure pose)

Wednesdays (Color)

Instructor demo (Dan Thompson):

My work:

Fridays (Still life in mentor studios)

Block-in and first pass of color

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