Figure Drawing: Dynamic Poses

February 2027 · Four-week studio

Make your characters move, balance, and feel alive.

• Dates: Feb 14 - Mar 7 (4 weekly sessions, 2 hours each)
• Day and time: Sundays, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Location: Adventures in Ink, 15201 Ronald Reagan Blvd, Suite 210, Leander, TX 78641
• Instructor: Jason Keyser
• Ages: 13-18
• Bring: Sketchbook, loose paper, or drawing tablet + pencil or stylus

Tuition covers all four sessions. Classes are non-refundable.

Great characters come from a strong foundation.

Many young artists can draw appealing characters but struggle when those characters need to move. This studio focuses on the foundations behind dynamic figure drawing: gesture, line of action, balance, weight, construction, proportion, foreshortening, compression, extension, and silhouette. Students work through increasingly ambitious pose studies and apply the lessons to a finished character sheet.

What Students will Learn:

Gesture and line of action; balance and weight; figure construction from simple forms; proportion; spatial thinking; foreshortening; compression and extension; silhouette and readability.

4-Week Project Arc:

Week 1: Gesture, line of action, balance, and weight.
Week 2: Construct the figure from simple 3D forms.
Week 3: Push action through foreshortening, compression, extension, and silhouette.
Week 4: Create a polished action-pose character sheet.

Final Project:

Polished dynamic action-pose character sheet.

Recommended Student / Fit:

Students ages 13-18 who enjoy drawing and want stronger figures. Formal anatomy training is not required.

Outcome:

Students gain a practical system for constructing poses instead of guessing at anatomy, with visible improvement in movement and form.