Anatomy of Style | Life Drawing for Beginners | Patrick J Jones
The foundation of the success of award-winning fantasy and sci-fi artist and author Patrick J Jones, is his finely honed figure drawing skills and his belief that understanding gesture is the key to drawing figures with style.
In this weekend figure-drawing course, Patrick will introduce you to the forgotten secrets of the old masters and share his exciting and accessible figure drawing methods and formulas developed over decades of presenting Masterclasses.
What will I learn?
Through a combination of demonstrations and your own practice, you will learn a range of techniques and formulas for producing anatomically accurate, stylish and graceful human figures. This will include:
- Introduction to drawing materials
- The Head structure: landmarks and measurements
- The Figure structure: landmarks and measurements
- Gesture and Contour
- Creating Dimension
- Light and Shadow
- Mnemonics
- Line and Tone
- Finding Style
Who is this course suitable for?
Anyone who would like to learn to draw the human figure.
What do I need to bring?
Kits are available for purchase on the first day of the workshop for $45. To pre-order your kit, please select “Patrick Jones Materials Kit” at checkout or you can download a list of required materials below.
- Butcher’s paper
- Charcoal Sticks, big and small
- Kneadable Eraser
- Paper Stump
- Chamois Cloth (real leather, not synthetic)
- Peel & Sketch Charcoal Pencil 5633T Soft
- Sanding Pad
- Sharpening Blade
What is provided?
- Professional life models
- Anatomy of Style Study Sheets to "Finding Your Unique Style"
- Easels
- Backing boards
- Chairs
- Tea and coffee (please bring your own mug)
- A friendly, supportive and encouraging learning environment
- Connection to the Bienarté art community
Useful Information
This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.
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Course testimonials:
- The course is excellent! You will definitely learn a lot! Patrick is not only an amazing teacher but it is a pleasure to be with him in the same room. He is friendly, makes jokes, tells anecdotes, makes you feel comfortable, while being extremely professional. In addition, Yasmin was very helpful with the logistics, and the models were very professional. Thank you, and hopefully I'll be back to take another course soon! Sara. R from Woolloongaba
- Fantastic Patrick. Full and detailed course content. Great venue and lighting also. Wayne V Wishart
- I really enjoyed the 2 days, learnt much more than I could have hoped, and Patrick was a great teacher and very down to earth for someone so incredibly talented, and with such an incredible portfolio of work recognised around the world. Would highly recommend the class. Especially to any beginner who wants to get off to a great start on figure drawing and art in general. Thanks, Marcel and Yasmin for putting this on and for providing the excellent facilities to make it so enjoyable....Mike from Shailer Park