This course will demystify a complicated subject that is sadly avoided or misunderstood by many artists at all levels—gesture drawing. Students will learn basic and advanced principles of gesture through studying paintings varying from the Great Masters of the Renaissance to modern day new age artists who specialize in stylized works.

We will discuss why learning from the masters is an important studying habit to apply to your daily routine so you can get better at seeing compositional cues that will lead your artwork to have a greater appeal. We will also take what we have learned from studying from the masters and apply it to anime style artwork.