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Figure Drawing I

ART-40006

10 Weeks | Live Online

Gain greater confidence in your ability to compose and render the human form. This course provides an in-depth study of how to draw the human figure using live nude models. Within a positive and supportive environment, you will focus on basic proportions and proper construction of the human form as well as light and shadow, contour, line, and composition. In-class drawing exercises will be enhanced by demonstrations of how to simplify and assemble the more complex areas of the body.

What You Will Learn:

  • Fundamental tools for and experience in drawing live nude models. 

  • How to draw from short and long poses, and basic ways to approach life drawing, such as capturing gesture, measuring proportion, and understanding and clearly drawing the perspective within a human form.

  • How to work with line as well as with shapes of value (light and dark).

Quarters Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer | Live Online
Course Fee: $395
Course Length: 10 weeks
Prerequisite: Drawing I: Focus on Perception (ART-40166)
Note: Model fee is included in the course fee. Minors must have department permission to enroll: (858) 534-5760. Elective course for Art and the Creative Process professional certificate and Children's Book Illustration professional certificate.  

Materials: Please bring 18x24" pad of newsprint paper, drawing board, and charcoal sticks to first class. Full materials list given first class meeting.

Course Information

Live Online
3.00 units
$395.00

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This course applies to these programs

Art and the Creative Process Children’s Book Illustration

Course sessions

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Section ID:

190941

Class type:

Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

Textbooks:

No textbook required.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 7/17/2025
  • Early enrollment advised
  • No visitors permitted

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
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Instructor: Michael Colletta, MFA, B.A.

Michael Colletta, MFA, B.A.

25 years painting experience specializing in working from life and from the imagination, and has taught classes in studio art at UC Santa Cruz

Michael Colletta teaches Drawing I: Focus on Perception, Drawing II: Refining Technique, Figure Drawing I, and Figure Drawing II for the Professional Certificate in Art and the Creative Process. Michael received his master's degree from Yale University and bachelor's degree from UC Santa Cruz. He has 25 years of painting experience, specializing in working from life as well as from the imagination. He has taught classes in studio art at UC Santa Cruz. His work has been exhibited nationally and he belongs to many private collections.

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