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In week two, instructor Sheldon Borenstein will teach you gesture drawing of sitting, kneeling, and reclining figures. You will learn how to apply the concepts of weight, balance, and proportions to these complicated poses. At the end of the lesson, you will explore how the principles of gesture relate to the Old Masters.
Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.
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Reference Images (36)
Michelangelo, The Entombment, 1500-1501.
Right: Raphael, Three Graces, 1503-1505.
Fra Bartolommeo, The Madonna and Child in a landscape with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, 1516.
Giampietrino - Leda and her Children, 1520-1530.
Michelangelo, The Expulsion from Paradise, (The Fall of Man), 1512.
Peter Paul Rubens, The Union of Earth and Water, 1618.
Peter Paul Rubens, The Deposition, 1602.
Raphael, The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John, 1506.
Peter Paul Rubens, The Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marrseille, 1622-1625.
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1. Learning Recommendation
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1. Lines of Action & Graphic Shapes Demonstration
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2. Demonstration of a Sitting Pose & Reclining Back-view Pose
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3. Demonstration of a Reclining Front & Back-view Pose
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4. Upright Reclining Pose on Toned Paper Demonstration
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5. Old Master Analysis: Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo and More
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6. Gesture Conclusion
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7. Assignment
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