Anatomy for Figure Drawing
Anatomy for Figure Drawing
AN ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER TWO SATURDAYS
May 22 & 29
Time: 11AM-1PM , 2- 5PM EST
Instructor: Roberto Osti
The Human Figure can be one of the most satisfying subjects to draw or paint, but in can also be one of the most frustrating if one doesn’t know how to read its beautiful complexities.
This workshop, Anatomy for Figure Drawing, is based on the Florentine Structural method devised during the Renaissance and is designed to give the students a good understanding of the body’s structural aspects and superficial anatomical forms. This knowledge will be directed toward the practice of figure drawing during the course of the workshop. Students will practice copying the figure from photographic references and searching for the underlying anatomical structure.
In this workshop, students will learn to “read” the human form from the inside out, with an understanding of anatomy that results in more accurate and volumetric figure drawing and better control over the pose.
These are some of the topics discussed during the two Saturdays of the workshop:
• basic structural volumes of the figure
• skeletal apparatus and its landmarks
• superficial muscular volumes
•external forms and tonal development of the figure using graphite and trois crayon technique.
Roberto Osti has decades of experience teaching human anatomy for artists at the New York Academy of Art, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and now, the Teaching Studios of Art. Formally trained as a medical illustrator before becoming a fine artist, Osti has contributed his work to many science and art publications. He has exhibited extensively in Italy and the United States, including at the Bologna Museum of Modern Art, the Drawing Center and the New York Academy of Sciences, and his work has been featured in Scientific American and The New York Times. He is the author of two anatomy books for The Monacelli Press, Basic Human Anatomy and Dynamic Human Anatomy.
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To see more of the instructor’s work, click on the images.
