Figure Drawing Classes in NYC, New York

In this very beginning level cartooning class, learn the basic techniques of cartoon drawing and doodling. During this 1.5 hour course you will learn how to go from stick figures to actual faces. Learn the basics of drawing, create your own artistic style, get familiar with creating your own cartoon characters. Outcome will be actual fun cartoon faces...

Begin to render pencil and charcoal portraits from photos. Start with the basics to become familiar with the main structures of the head, and how to render them with light and shade—building your skills for a future term when you will draw the model from life. Skill Level: Intermediate Important Notes: This interactive online class is presented...

This is a fun and intensive class, a 4 hour class in half the time, without sacrificing learning or enjoyment. This class will introduce the fundamentals of gestural figure drawing. Every week participants will be introduced to different technique or approach for measuring, mass, gestures, and more. Students will work from the nude model, with poses...

This is a fun and intensive class for beginner and intermediate artists, 30 minutes longer than Sunday afternoon’s Beginning Figure Drawing, allowing us to get a bit deeper into practice. This class will develop fundamentals and experimental approaches with gestural figure drawing. Every week participants will be challenged by a different technique...

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. _______________________ Dive into anatomy and discover how to render realistic figures and portraits. Use graphite, charcoal, or your other favorite drawing medium to create lively drawings while honing your skills in...

New Zoom Life Drawing *ONLINE* with a Model Draw a live model in Quick Sketch poses. (3s, 5, 10s min poses) Great way to draw and keep social with other artists while staying home. *Once paid we will send you the link & passcode*

This six-week course aims to introduce students to techniques and styles of classical figure drawing, with a focus on the nature of shadows as they pertain to modeling the forms of the human figure.  We will draw weekly from a live model via Zoom, focusing on one or two long-poses, as well as devote one week to drawing from the works of the Old...

New Zoom Life Drawing *ONLINE* with a Model Draw a live model in Quick Sketch poses. (3s, 5, 10s min poses) Great way to draw and keep social with other artists while staying home. *Once paid we will send you the link & passcode*

New students will be introduced and continuing students refreshed while practicing drawing techniques via lectures, warm-up drawings, and longer finished poses. Techniques may include: gesture and organizational line, contour line, shape-plane-volume-modeling, value, and foreshortening. We will work from a clothed model, and have critiques, which will...

This online class is dedicated to helping students infuse a real sense of proportion, movement, and personality into your drawings. Students learn to employ a skill set formed in equal parts by intensive but fun lessons and meant to magnify your personal style. This two-part workshop is designed to fundamentally transform how you depict the human...

Students will learn the foundations of drawing and become familiar with the graphite medium. Students will learn how to render the human eye, nose, and mouth naturalistically.  What you need for camp:  Pencils eraser drawing paper.

Painting and Drawing the Figure and Portrait (Beginner/Intermediate) Focus on painting and drawing to create strong portrait and figure compositions. Focus on light and shadow, color and surface to create strong paintings of the figure and portrait. Through multiple session poses, learn about anatomy and the structure of the body, head, and features...

Taught by CFA Faculty, Evan Kitson, the muscular system gives life and narrative potential to the human figure. Through the study of the form and function of the muscular system, we're able to gain a greater insight into how the body may compose itself. In this six-week online course, we'll spend each lesson on a major system of movement in the human...

Work from live models to develop expressive and dimensional drawings. Supply List: Students may choose to work with whatever medium is most convenient for them to use. - Color Pencils:   • Recommended Brand: Premier Prismacolor         o Colors:               ▪ Tuscan Red    ...

Work in your choice of media to study the figure from a clothed model without instruction. An instructor will host the meetings, and is available for brief questions or support if needed. Poses range from 1-30 minutes. Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first...