DYNAMIC FIGURE: GESTURE & EXPRESSIONS ● KARL GNASS

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

In this intensive workshop, we’ll start with essential drawing mechanics, both fundamental and advanced. This will include a clear conception of the relationship between gesture, formulation and anatomy, as well as, the ‘figure’ as story. We’ll discuss observing and organizing form, the description of difficult poses, as well as, modeling form vs. designing form. Our aim will be to improve our drawing skills from whichever level we start.

Emphasis on:  • Description of form • Gesture • Structure • Anatomy dynamics • And the figure as story

We will cover: procedures and approaches •The 3 stages • Lines of action • Story and gesture • The 3 Conditions • The 3 Ways to Draw • The 2 Rhythms • Key drawing concept • Observing form, organizing form • Figure construction • Structure, mass, and weight • Dynamics of action • Directional Lines • Anatomy • The understanding and description of difficult poses • The basic theories of modeling form: light and tone • Analysis of old master drawings • Composition and design (Story and Statement)

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

FundamentalsIntermediateAdvanced

PRE-REQUISITE

All levels are welcome.

REQUIRED TOOLS & MATERIALS

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THE TEACHER

Karl Gnass is one of the most sought-after teachers in Los Angeles, whose students include luminaries of the animation and CGI industries. “It’s one thing to learn how to draw,” says Karl, “It’s another to learn how to see and interpret what you see using useful 2D and 3D conceptual tools.” Karl has been teaching drawing, painting, and storyboarding for over 40 years at Disney (for 20 years) as well as at Dreamworks, Sony ImageWorks, Nickelodeon, and Warner Bros. Features Animation, among others. He also storyboarded for Disney Television Animation, for DarkWing Duck, Gargoyles, and Aladdin Prince of Thieves. In film, he developed the character expressions and anatomical breakdowns for Stuart in Stuart Little, and character breakdowns in Harry Potter. He worked with Glen Keane to develop a class to help CGI animators working on Tangled to understand the dynamics of movement. He continues at Disney on such films as Moana as an Anatomical Dynamics Consultant.

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Date

Sat 02 Jul 2022 - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Expired!

Time

(28hrs workshop)
09:30 - 18:30

Price

590€

Location

Room 3
14 rue de Trévise 75009 - Paris