The first drawing class at IAS Croquis of 2025 will be on January 11th with the very cool model Ai Kumamoto! SeeIASクロッキー教室予約 for details and to reserve.
Classes will be held by art instructor: Kayoko Tozawa.
Ki Innis will be in attendance as a guest and support instructor.
I have covered this topic before in a previous post but it is worth revisiting.
以前の投稿でこのトピックを取り上げたことがありますが、再検討する価値があります。
When I was a beginner at figure drawing I was often stumped with where do I start? With the face? Many beginners start with the face because that is what we consciously connect with when we look at people.
Unfortunately the face is a very insignificant when understanding the body as a whole.
残念ながら、体全体を理解すると、顔は非常に重要ではありません。
The face reveals things such as the expressions in eyes, the mouth, whether the person young or old. But these are low priority compared to the figure itself. Is their body rigid? Slumped over? Is their weight heavy in their legs? Are they twisting or leaning? What are they doing with their hands? Are they about to run?
The gesture is what the person is actually doing. The gesture is the action, not the person.
ジェスチャーは、その人が実際にしていることです。ジェスチャーは行動であり、人ではありません。
Sometimes people set out to draw the person they think they see, and not what the person is doing. If you set out to draw what the person is doing, you probably will get closer to "who" the person actually is.
As the saying goes " We are not who we say we are. We are what we do."
My suggestion is to understand the gesture as a whole from head to toe. What is the biggest and broadest understanding of what the gesture is so we can avoid assembling it together piece by piece like Frankenstein's Monster.
Each line should work together in harmony with every other line as a complete whole.
When I put down random lines on a page like this, they are meaningless.
このようなページにランダムな行を置くと、それらは無意味です。
However when I put the lines in succession each one just a little different than the last, we automatically feel that they are not only related but connected to each other. And from this we have created a "harmony".
Where do we actually start? It doesn't matter if you start with the head or the torso. What matters is that you see the whole figure in your head before drawing. For the sake of making things easier in this example I will start with the center of the body. That way I can have an idea of how far I need to connect the legs to the floor in order to have the right proportions and feeling of weight.
After that I might place in the arms because that might aid showing what the figure is expressing. Later, I place in the head but in a gestural manner. The gesture of the head shows what the character is expressing or doing. Not the face.
December 14th from 1:00PM to 4:00PM , I will be giving figure drawing instruction at the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design! This figure drawing class is open to EVERYONE. Attendees range from students, illustrators, animators, instructors and even beginners. Please come and join me for a fun drawing session! Please see https://www.sokeiabroad.com/figuredrawing for details!
We are excited to have AI MINE as our guest model!
November 16th from 1:00PM to 4:00PM , I will be giving figure drawing instruction at the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design! This figure drawing class is open to EVERYONE. Attendees range from students, illustrators, animators, instructors and even beginners. Please come and join me for a fun drawing session! Please see https://www.sokeiabroad.com/figuredrawing for details!
We are excited to have Ai Kumamoto as our guest model!
Glenn Vilppu will return to Tokyo for a two weekend drawing seminar March 24th, 30th, 31st. Glenn Vilppu has been a drawing teacher for over 50 years. He is considered one of the world's leading art instructors in draftsmanship. He has taught at the Disney Animation Studio, Dreamworks and Warner Bros. animation studios and many other leading animation studios. He is still sought by students and professionals today and considered the best drawing instructor in the industry of animation or graphic arts.
KI CREATIVE STUDIO will hold a special drawing class February 17th at Sokei Academy of Art and Design! Very special posing guest will be amazing art model Art Model YU-美術モデルyu.
