Description
Instructor Critiques for Full Participation Students will be uploaded for viewing approximately one week after each class.
Footage for this class comes from Term 3-22.
Date : March 14th – April 11th
Length: 5 Weeks
Videos Uploaded: Tuesday
Level : All Levels Welcome
This figure drawing class offers the opportunity to gain a more in-depth understanding of foreshortening of the human figure. Through use of specific measuring techniques and anatomical rhythms we will learn to solve the unique problems presented by the foreshortened figure.
The Livestream Video Archive will be available for all livestream students until April 25th.
Materials
• Conte 1710b or Wolf’s Carbon 6B charcoal pencil
• Smooth Newsprint
• Single Edge Razor Blade
• Sanding Pad
• Kneaded Eraser
Erik Gist
Erik M. Gist received his B.A. from SDSU in 1998. He began studying with Jeff Watts in 1996, three years later he began to teach and has done so ever since. Erik has worked in the video game industry as a concept designer and 3-D artist and is now working as a freelance illustrator. Erik’s clients include Marvel Comics, D.C. Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Disney, Audible, Wizards of the Coast, Upperdeck, Boom! Studios, Palladium Books, Blizzard Entertainment, Viking Childrens Books, Monkey Brain Books, Quart Publishing, and Chiat-Day. His work can be seen in Spectrum: the best in fantastic art including a nomination in 2018, and Aphrodesia: art of the female form 1 . Along with a Spectrum nomination, he has been nominated for an Illie Award, a Pulp Ark Award, a Chesley Award, and multiple Horror Comic Awards including one win. For more information about Erik’s art please visit his website at www.erikgist.com.
