Week 6: Form – Giving Drawings Solidity

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Instructor: Sheldon Borenstein
Subjects: Drawing
Topics: Anatomy, Composition, Drawing Exercises, Human Figure, Sketching
Mediums: Charcoal Pencil, Colored Pencil, Conté, Paper, Pastel Pencil, Pencil
Duration: 1h 29m 49s

In week six, instructor Sheldon Borenstein will show you ways to give your drawings a sense of form and solidity. You will learn how to build upon the gestures and shapes to create forms on the figure. Sheldon will teach you how to give expression and dimensionality to the figure’s face. You will learn how to combine simple solid forms with cross-contour to create dramatic solidity in your artwork.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.

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