Figure Drawing - The Body in Action

Master figure drawing from beginner to advanced with expert guidance. Learn anatomy, gesture techniques, and dynamic poses to enhance your artistic skills.

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Brief Summary

This course, 'Figure Drawing - The Body in Action,' guides you through figure drawing basics to advanced techniques, focusing on anatomy, proportions, and gesture drawing. Robert A. Marzullo helps you understand the body's movements, making your drawings come to life!

Key Points

  • Learn figure drawing from basics to advanced techniques.
  • Understand body movements and gestures.
  • Focus on proportions and anatomy.
  • Practice drawing the figure in action.
  • Receive art files and personal feedback.

Learning Outcomes

  • Master gesture drawing to enhance your art.
  • Understand the anatomy of the human body.
  • Draw the figure in various action poses.
  • Improve your skills through personalized feedback.
  • Gain confidence in drawing with different techniques.

About This Course

An in depth course on Figure Drawing from Beginner to Advanced

Welcome to my course, "Figure Drawing - The Body in Action!"

My name is Robert A. Marzullo and I have been an online instructor for 6 years now and I love to help artist improve their skills. I am also the author of the book, "Learn to Draw Action Heroes."

It is my goal to help you learn figure drawing in a way that has a lasting effect. You won't just draw along with me and try to remember by observation you will learn why the body moves and reacts the way that it does.

You will learn about gesture and rhythms of the body, stereometric drawing, balance, body language, the bony landmarks, anatomy, foreshortening, and light and shadow.

In this course we will do specific studies on the problems areas that hold artists back from drawing the human figure well!


So that you know what to expect right now, here is a list of the current content ready to view -


Section 1 - Stereometric Drawing of the Figure

L1 - Drawing with Primitive Forms

L2 - Drawing the 3 Main Masses

L3 - Drawing Arms with Basic Forms

L4 - Drawing the Legs with Basic Forms

L5 - Drawing the Legs with Basic Forms - Part 2

L6 - Drawing the Full Figure with Primitive Forms

Section 2 - Drawing the 3 Main Masses of the Body Organically

L7 - The Basic Head Form

L8 - The Basic Upper Torso Form

L9 - The Basic Pelvis Form

L10 - Attaching the Forms to the Spine

L11 - Attaching the Forms to the Spine - Part 2

L12 - Turning the Forms of the Body

L13 - Various Poses of the 3 Masses

Section 3 - Gesture Drawing and The Energy of the Body

L14 - Benefits of Gesture Drawing

L15 - Additional Gesture Drawing Examples

L16 - Rhythms of the Arms and Legs

L17 - Using the Bean Shape to Draw the Torso

L18 - Using the Bean Shape - Rendered Example

Section 4 - Proportions of the Body

L19 - Basic Male Proportions

L20 - Basic Male Proportions - Part 2

L21 - Basic Female Proportions

L22 - Basic Female Proportions - Part 2

Section 5 - Specific Areas of Study and Bony Landmarks

L23 - Spine of Scapula - Line Art

L24 - Spine of Scapula - Refinement

L25 - Spine of Scapula - Value Study

L26 - Male Torso - Clavicle and Sternum Study

L27 - Male Torso - Clavicle and Sternum Refinement

L28 - Male Torso - Clavicle and Sternum - Value Study

Section 6 - Drawing the Figure in Action

L29 - Action Pose - Jumping - Sketch

L30 - Action Pose - Jumping - Refinement

L31 - Action Pose - Female Dancing - Gesture

L32 - Action Pose - Female Dancing - Primitive Forms


You also get all the art files to study along with as a PDF.  They are attached to the first lesson of Section 2!

I am here to help you with your progress.  Share your figure drawings in the Q+A Section of this course.  I will take a look at them and help you in any way that I can.

Please take the time to leave your honest review of this course.  It helps me to improve the content and know what you like and what you do not.  It also helps other students know if they should take this course.  I will create regular updates on this course to make it a better experience for everyone!


Thank you for considering my course on Figure Drawing and good luck with your studies!


Sincerely,

Robert A. Marzullo

Ram Studios Comics


  • You will learn techniques that will improve your figure drawing skills.

  • Learn how to use gesture to improve your figure drawings.

  • Learn the anatomy of the figure.

Course Curriculum

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Robert Marzullo

I currently teach Figure Drawing, Anatomy, How to Draw Comics, and Digital Painting. My primary art programs are Clip Studio Paint, Procreate, Sketchbook Pro, and Photoshop.  I also teach traditional art methods as well.I have been a working professional artist for most of my life.  I have been published in comics, created 3D animation and characters for television, illustrated storyboards ...

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4.9 course rating
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Edvard H.
5.0
8 months ago

In this course as well, Robert proved to be an excellent lecturer and transferer of his own experiences to his students. It always fascinates me how, from initially very rough sketches, he refines the drawing in several stages and creates a very impressive final drawing, while at the same time giving spoken instructions that are very clear and useful. An excellent course, especially for those who already have some basic anatomical knowledge.

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Nitin G.
5.0
10 months ago

Good. Explained many things in detail.

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Emily L.
4.0
10 months ago

I think this was pretty informative and fun

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Biankeye D.
5.0
11 months ago

This teacher is straight to the point, no BS, no time wasted. I'm learning a lot

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Kagenoya
5.0
1 year ago

This course helped me to re-discover the joy of drawing and studying figures and I can see my sketches improving with practice.
The course is well structured and easy to follow. It helped me to notice more details when drawing human figures.

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Shereen M.
5.0
1 year ago

Clear Applicable Instructions

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Zafiyah H.
5.0
1 year ago

It's a good course

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ui-avatar of Sobri bin Aziz
Sobri B. A.
5.0
1 year ago

I profited much from this scientific approach to figure drawing. Scientific, for its measurability and repeatability of figure drawing. Anatomy study limited though they may be, is an added bonus. For sure it needs to be complimented by artistic imagination and skills in drawing gesture and action figures. I hope to improve that by more practice. Thank you.

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Andrei C.
5.0
1 year ago

I really appreciate all the advice given, and I love the way this course is making me more and more passionate about the art of drawing.

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Alba L. M.
5.0
1 year ago

Yes it will help me a lot in the development of my skills in drawing.
Thank you.

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