This workshop teaches you to draw the human figure using concrete anatomical foundations, employing basic shapes, proportions, axes, and volumes. We will learn how to position the body in space within perspective. Theoretical lessons are provided, followed by practical exercises.
Home / Workshop / Workshop List / Page: Human Anatomy Drawing Workshop (Basic Shapes) at the museum. Human Anatomy Drawing Workshop (Basic Shapes) at the museum. June 8–9, 2026 (Paris - 1st arrondissement) This workshop teaches you to draw the human figure using concrete anatomical foundations, employing basic shapes, proportions, axes, and volumes. We will learn how to position the body in space within perspective. Theoretical lessons are provided, followed by practical exercises.
Content:
- Human body proportions. Drawing the body based on its main moving parts. Standardized landmarks and bony landmarks.
- Skeletal structure and the various components of the body. Overview of major muscles.
- Different types of mannequins.
- Synthetic forms.
- Drawing the body using primary masses and axes.
- Perspective drawing of the body: form, volumes, cylinders. Bird's-eye and worm's-eye views.
- Drawing the head with its proportions and various axes.
- Fat pad locations.
- How to draw the mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.
- How to draw hands and feet.
- Rendering the body using values.
Materials: A3 layout sketchbook, A3 drawing board or A3 wooden panel with clip, HB, 2B, 4B, and 8B pencils, a few colored pencils, a 30 cm or 50 cm ruler, Copic gray markers, one black waterproof marker.
Price: 180 euros
Source: paris.fr — photo: Florent Tardieu