Figure Drawing

All seven students who attended this class were trying figure drawing for the first time.

by UT-22, men’s prison Byculla

We started by first explaining the basic proportions of the human body.

We then proceeded to explain the type of poses that work best for a gesture drawing session.

After that, the students started posing one by one. We started with 30 second poses for the first half of the class. The rest of the class tried to capture the gesture on their papers.

In the second half of the class, we increased the duration of each pose to 60 seconds. The added time allowed students to add greater detail and accuracy to their drawings. By the conclusion of the class, one could see the incremental growth in everyone’s drawings.