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The human form is generally considered the most challenging subject in art. In this tutorial series Ramon will introduce fundamental methods designed to break down the human figure into its simplest forms.

An Écorché/3D anatomy model is a centuries old method of learning anatomy through three-dimensional means. Écorché (French for “flayed body”) refers to human or animal anatomical constructions by which you can see the interplay between the skeleton, tendons, ligaments and muscles that creates what we see on the living form.

Follow step by step through the practical stages of emphasizing the structure and planes of the head, clearly rendering the values of light and shadow, designing edges and creating likeness and composition.

Figurative painting is one of the more challenging tasks for an artist. In this tutorial, Vadim will share his alla prima approach using the Zorn palette. Named after the internationally successful artist Anders Zorn, the palette will be limited to 4 colors to help simplify and control value and color temperature.

In this 3 hour tutorial, Vadim will demonstrate how to create the illusion of light on the human form. Tonal drawing is a good introduction to painting, as there will be an emphasis on understanding value using an impressionistic approach in charcoal.

The process of tonal drawing helps focus on the relationships between dark and light values. Vadim will demonstrate how he breaks down complex photo references into simple impressionistic compositional studies using charcoal.