LifeDrawing

see also: drawing, anatomy, LeonardoDaVinci, CaproniCasts, SightSize
also! also!: http://atelierauriea.tumblr.com/

places to lifedraw

• Vrij Academie - http://www.vrijeacademiegent.be/#!model-tekenen/c1ohc
• kunstWerkt (seemed to be in the summer only?)http://www.kunstwerkt.be/zoekertje/389/levend-model-tekenen-in-Gent
• vzw Whisper http://www.wisper.be
• vzw Trafiek http://trafiek.blogspot.be
  TEKENEN op zondag, met Sabien.
  Elke week van 18u tot 21u
  Vrij tekenen naar model, geen les (!), tekenmateriaal zelf meebrengen; bijdrage voor model en zaal;
  Indien interesse, graag mailtje naar Sabien sabien.clement@telenet.be
• CATgent http://www.catgent.be/index.php (website so bad i don't even know wtf)
  Iedere woensdag namiddag van 14 tot 17 uur, is er vrij atelier.
  Deelname voor de leden € 3,- per dag ter dekking van de kosten. De koffie is inbegrepen. Eventuele extra uitgaven voor o.a. model, e.d. worden gedeeld door de aanwezigen. .
  Vooraf aanmelden (0475.65.39.11) maakt het ons organisatorisch makkelijk.
• in Brugge, the excellent Flemish Classical Atelier http://www.flemishclassicalatelier.com
• in Paris http://www.grande-chaumiere.fr/

online pose libraries

• http://posemaniacs.com
• http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
• http://onlinelifedrawing.com/

my anatomy thread on CGTalk. (terribly outdated and unused)

Tekenacademie

2011 i am taking life drawing classes at http://www.sintlucasacademie.be/
twice a week, 4 hrs a session

Following along with REBECCA KIMMEL'S Anatomy Review - Lesson 1: Gesture Drawing{{Gesture Drawings are drawings that take only up to 2 minutes to complete.}}

1. The direction the head is facing – this can be established with a simple sphere and a few lines denoting the central axis and the axis of the eyes, nose, and mouth.
2. The direction the ribcage is facing – this can be established by finding the pit of the neck (the space between the clavicles and the sternum).
3. The direction the pelvis is facing – this can be established by finding the line of symmetry which bisects the pelvic area.
4. The center line of the body – this is an average of an imaginary line which can be thought to run from the pit of the neck, down the sternum and rib cage, down the pelvis, and to the base of of the feet.
5. The shape of the ribcage and pelvis are, next to the head, the most important shapes to establish. A modified "peanut" shape can be used in every figure you draw to establish their combined average shape.
6. The average flow of the limbs – arms and legs are only to be established after the head direction, rib cage and pelvis direction, and center line of the body are established. They are, surprisingly, the LAST major feature which you should establish when creating a gesture drawing. Limbs can be expressed quickly with simple directional lines, and then augmented with a simple system of conical (cone) shapes to add mass and form.

building the human head
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=290076&page=2&pp=15