Drawing the Human Figure

with Christopher Ganz

When: Saturdays, June 1, 8, 15 and 22 from 1-4pm.

Where: Artlink, 300 E. Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Tickets: $180 for 4-week course

This course will present the nude human figure as a dynamic vehicle for expression. A focus of the course will be capturing the movement and energy of each pose as the basis for all figure drawings, whether the pose is short or long in duration. An emphasis will also be placed on capturing the entire length of figure on the page and drawing the figure as large as possible.

Students will enhance their drawing skills by capturing the form, volume, and movement of the human figure. We will work on techniques such as sighting and measuring to determine relative proportions, using the interaction of positive and negative space to see shapes, and using values to create the illusion of light moving across a volume.

Instructive presentations, demos, videos, and handouts will also be included in this course. Media for the class will be a range of charcoal media (please see supply list below).

About the Instructor

Christopher Ganz is a professor of drawing and printmaking at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Ganz received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1995, and a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2001. His work has been displayed across the nation and at international art fairs, and his work is represented by Gallery Victor Armendariz in Chicago.

Seminal influences on the work of Ganz include Dore’s engraved illustrations for The Divine Comedy and super-hero comics. Later on, Old Masters such as Rembrandt and Caravaggio would inspire his wok, as well as contemporary artists such as Mark Tansey and Lucian Freud. The novels of Melville, and Dostoyevsky, and contemporary authors such as Thomas Pynchon and Umberto Eco are also sources of inspiration.