Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Denver, Colorado | 800.888.ARTS

FA-Figure Elective

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Life Drawing 3: Human AnatomyThis figure drawing course allows students to exercise and develop both observational and constructive drawing skills. Students continue their study of gesture, the effect of light and shade on form, planes, constructive anatomy techniques, and achieving effective proportion through daily drawings of the draped and undraped figure.
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Life Drawing 2This course introduces students to expressive issues in drawing the human figure. Students learn to analyze the figure in terms of planes, masses, shapes, action, proportion, rhythm and personal mark making. Areas covered include: gesture, quick sketch, long poses, foreshortening and composition. Prerequisite: FD 1370 Life Drawing 1
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Experimental Figure StudiesStudents are encouraged to explore and develop innovative approaches to formal and conceptual content while expanding their range of materials and techniques for expressing the figure. Emphasis is on increasing an awareness of contemporary modes and on continuing to build a thorough understanding of traditional approaches to figurative drawing. Prerequisite: FD 1380 Life Drawing 2
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