How To Draw The Draped Figure Level 1

1. How to Capture the Expression of the Costumed Pose

In this lesson, Bill will talk about expression of a model’s pose and how costume and props help tell a story. You will learn how to capture essence and performance of the pose going through the series of short drawings from a live model.

2. The Action Analysis of the Costumed Figure

In this lesson, Bill will have the model walk through the series of two-minute poses expressing beginning, middle, and end of the action. Drawing them, you will try to capture emotion rather than the muscle structure or any of the clothing details.

3. Weighting & Balance in the Costumed Pose

In this lesson, Bill will focus on weighting – how the model stands on her feet, how she sits or leans. He will teach you to capture these directional forces in the pose which cause how the costume hangs and cue us into real space and real emotion. Bill will also briefly go over the action analysis study developed in Walt Disney Studio for animators.

4. Draw Shapes & Rhythms in the Costumed Pose

In this lesson, you will learn to see and markdown shapes created by garments folds. Bill will show you how these shapes pull from origins of stress in the pose gesture, how they move across the form and create rhythms.