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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Drawing the Figure: Volume One
Capturing the Gesture with Jack Bosson
The Gnomon Workshop is proud to announce the release of the first volume in a new foundational figure drawing series by renowned artist and teacher, Jack Bosson. Titled Drawing the Figure: Volume 1 Capturing the Gesture, Jack demonstrates the importance of gesture when communicating the human form to an audience. Gesture establishes both the motion and emotion of the subject while also showing intent. These are important not only to realistically capture what the model is doing, but is also an important storytelling tool that brings the audience into the story you are trying to tell with a single image. Jack also stresses the importance of using these quick gesture drawing sessions as a way to not only exercise your eye, and your brain, as you break down the subject into its most basic rhythms, but he also compares it to an athlete stretching and warming up before a big match, and is sometimes overlooked as a necessary exercise to perform before delving into longer pose sessions. If you are an artist just starting out, or an experienced artist looking to get back to the fundamentals of drawing the human figure, then this DVD is for you.
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DVD Description:
This lecture is the first of a series on how to approach drawing the human figure. In this series, Jack states that a successful figure drawing must include evidence of three sets of information: gestural, structural, and anatomical; the first being the focus of this particular demonstration. Gesture drawing establishes the unique storytelling and emotional properties of a given pose. It can also be used to map out the essential idea conveyed in the pose. Jack explores rapid-sketch technique, weight distribution, and the rhythm of the body parts as they adjust to the effects of gravity. Key concepts such as “contrapposto”, twist, overlapping shapes, and foreshortening are also covered. In short, this lecture will show you how to create a dynamic, lively interpretation of the subject being observed.
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Instructor Bio:
Jack has been a practicing and exhibiting fine artist and freelance illustrator for over 35 years. He has taught drawing and painting at Cornell University, College of New Rochelle, University of Southern California, Otis College of Art and Design, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and Woodbury University, to name a few institutions. He did background painting briefly at Hanna-Barbera and was hired as a trainer in Feature Animation at Disney in 1995. In 1999, he continued as a training consultant to Disney and taught at various institutions until he was hired to set up an Animation Department at Woodbury University, which he chaired for three years. He retired two years ago after eight years at Woodbury, as Professor Emeritus. Jack Bosson received his Diploma of Design from The Cooper Union, he studied painting and drawing at the l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Paris, France, on a Fulbright Fellowship, and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University, in 1966. |
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