Drawing the nude figure in charcoal and chalk with Lydia Cecil
Lydia Cecil
In this first video of Raw Umber's 4-part nude figure drawing series, Lydia Cecil will take you through the start of your drawing which she considers the most important part of the whole drawing process. This is when you think about the mood, feel, gesture, and composition of your masterpiece. She will also talk about the setting up of pose, the principles of putting it down on the paper, measuring pointers, proportions, and much more!
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In this week's 1-hour figure drawing session, Lydia Cecil will demonstrate how to draw fabric on shapes. She will sketch the first 30-minute pose of Holly using willow charcoal and nitram charcoal in the second pose.
In this second video of Raw Umber's 4-part nude figure drawing series, Lydia Cecil will be talking about mass drawing, shadow shapes, and the anatomy of the muscles. At this point, she will diving the drawing up into 2 ...
This week's 1-hour figure drawing with Lydia Cecil will focus on the atelier method of drawing figure poses. She will be talking about measuring, block-in, key-in, and finishing the pose with edges as she renders an ...
