W2410A: Stephen Tulk- Essential Anatomy for Building Your Life Drawing
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This one-day workshop will address what I have observed to be recurring areas of difficulty in building a dynamic life drawing. We will discuss human anatomy as it serves to clarity (or even solve!) these problems.
o Making the gesture drawing more intentional and less rushed
o Finding the drama of dynamic poses
o Believing your own eyes in foreshortened poses
o How to attach the head and neck to avoid headless figures
o Useful landmarks of the head and neck.
o What are the visual elements that make a drawing interesting?
$240 Non-Members
PACE, 201 McDonnel St. – Room 17, Peterborough ON K9H 2W1
Date: October 4, 2024
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
MATERIALS:
- A couple of pads of full-size drawing paper (about 18x24”). I prefer white cartridge paper or newsprint.
- A drawing board and clips
- 1B and 2B black Conté sticks or Conté pencils. These can be sharpened with sandpaper beforehand. Vine charcoal may not be suitable.
- A kneaded eraser
- A small variety of drawing pencils (HB-6B)
- I will bring along some soft chamois to try Chiaroscuro drawing.
- Be prepared with dark coloured clothing… this may get messy!
ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY
Stephen Tulk
Stephen Tulk, MD, FCFP, B.Sc. (AAM), CMI. I am a family physician and medical illustrator who also taught Anatomy for Artists and Life Drawing for over 20 years, at the AGO, OCAD University, and the Haliburton School of Art and Design.
Both life drawing… and practicing medicine… has taught me how to observe. I believe that, for the artist, studying the figure is essential to understanding who we are, and the opportunity to really examine another human in the studio is an enormous privilege.