Aktzeichnen Schnupperkurse

I have a selection of courses listed up, but you can also design your own personal tutorial yourself 

scroll down to find the course that suits you

After you have chosen your course you can choose the day and time for your personal tutorial, and send me an email  

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 you can also contact me directly via and arrange your appointment

You will receive an email with confirmation and payment details (Paypal, etc.) and all the necessary material for your course

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You can pace your  personal tutorial, e.g.  if you would like to spend  less or more time with a certain subject or skip a module  - No problem

What will we do?

Warming up

we will start with warm up exercises like wave forms, egg shapes , cylinders 

Gesture of the Head

I will introduce you to the gesture of the head we will be drawing the head in various static and dynamic positions 

The Torso

You will get to know various simple ways  of how to draw the torso and its connection the the head and the legs

Arms and Legs

We will use cylinders as the simplest idea for arms and legs

The Gesture 1

Drawing from Reference Images

We now will draw from selected reference images showing the human body in simple static and dynamic poses.

I will comment on each drawing and we will analyze what is working and what needs to be improved and above all how to make it work.

Timed Poses

Now we move on to timed poses 30 sec., 1, 2 , 3 and 5 Minutes . We analyze the results and I will give you "homework"and personal advice.

You can pace your  personal tutorial, e.g.  if you would like to spend  less or more time with a certain subject or skip a module  - No problem 

What will we do?

Warming up

we will start with warm up exercises like wave forms, egg shapes , cylinders

The Gesture 2

Drawing from Reference Images

We now will draw from selected reference images but this time with somewhat more complex poses.

You will get to know how to distill the most essential elements of the pose and the right drawing tools to get them on the paper.

We will analyze what is working and what needs to be improved and above all how to make it work.

Volume

We will use the paintbrush and watercolor to capture the "volumetric" aspects of the pose.

Timed Poses
Now we move on to timed poses 30 sec., 1, 2 , 3 and 5 Minutes . We analyze the results and I will give you "homework" and personal advice.

You can pace your  personal tutorial, e.g.  if you would like to spend  less or more time with a certain subject or skip a module  - No problem

What will we do?

Warming up
we will start with warm up exercises like wave forms, egg shapes , cylinders

The Head

I will introduce you to the gesture of the head we will be drawing the head in various static and dynamic positions 

Timed Poses 

Now we move on to timed poses 30 sec., 1, 2 , 3 and 5 Minutes . We analyze the results and I will give you "homework" and personal advice.

Drawing Tools

Drawing from Reference Images 

You will get to know various helpful drawing tools like spherical forms, boxes and cylinders, with these basic elements we will build up our figure in a step by step process.

Anatomical Landmarks

We will be adding some anatomy to our drawings to make them look more realistic.

Light and Shadow

I will make you familiar with how to use light shadow (tone) in your drawings to describe form.