Drawing the human figure, skeleton within the figure, examples of skeleton drawing. ARTS 1317 Medina

1. Skeletal Structure

2. Sustained Gesture
• 24 x 36 inches draw box
• The figure has to touch at least 3 sides of the
box
• Include the figure in the mirror, include the
mirror
• Energy of gesture: capturing a pose
• Line, mass, scribble
• Searching line

15. Drawing II Sketchbook Homework
• Draw the bones in sections within your sketchbook.
Take one page to draw each of these sections.
– Hands
– Feet
– Upper Leg
– Lower Leg
– Ribcage (front)
– Ribcage (back)
– Skull
– Upper arm
– Lower arm
– Pelvis

16. Drawing III
Sketchbook Homework

17. Philip
Pearlstein

18. Richard
Diebenkorn

19. Nathan Oliveira

20. Charles Hawthorne

21. Drawing II Sketchbook Assignment
• 5 Planar analysis studies of figures
• 5 Planar analysis studies of your appendages

22. Drawing III
• 5 figurative sketches using value
• Destroy these sketches
• Reconstruct sketches into something new
• Any media