The course is organized as practical exercises by drawing a life model, and theoretical part of basic knowledge of anatomy, proportions, movement and composition.

Lessons are presented in PowerPoint and videos which students will get in a form of a brochure or PowerPoint presentation/pdf. Basics start with learning about materials that will be used in figure drawing classes, terms which are important to communicate about problems in visual language, for example: what is coquis, symmetry vs asymmetry, composition, etc.
 

Further on, lectures will explain how to measure and observe the body, gender and age differences in proportion and bone structure, it’s visibility on the surface of the body, simplified body forms seen as geometrical objects, purpose of coquis, line of action in movement, torso and pelvis correlation in movement, and joint types. When students are drawing according the live model, approach to each student is individual due to different skill levels and the ability/speed at which they are progressing. Mentor will guide them through individual problem solving tasks by further explaining subjects that have been given as lectures. The main task in “Figure drawing 1” is to draw linear construction. The goal is to master the proportions of more complex forms and the ability to detect proportional relationship in a limited time of work. Understanding of linear structure is the basis before students can go on with more complex tasks.

Lectures will be held on Norwegian, and English for foreign students. Classes during the whole semester will be held up in the afternoons in a form of a block hour of 45-minute x 2, with 15-minute break in between, two times per week.