Human Anatomy for Artists

A series of informative and interactive workshops aimed at creatives who want to expand their knowledge and confidence of working with the human form. Each workshop explores in detail a different area of the body.

Human Anatomy for Artists offers a detailed insight into the structure, appearance and movements of the human form (clothed and unclothed). The workshops are delivered through a series of mini lectures, supported by plenty of sketching opportunities, a live model, instructor-led observations and group discussions.

• Recognise key anatomical landmarks in the clothed and unclothed body.

• Improve your understanding of body shapes and proportions.

• Appreciate how bones, joints, muscles, tendons and blood vessels create contours, shapes, lines and angles.

• Understand joint ranges of motion - how posture and movement affect contour, shape, line and angle.

• Observe and analyse how different fabrics drape on the human form, and how anatomical structures, posture, movement and other factors influence fabric tension, generate creases, and create shape and flow.

• Better express emotion and narrative in your creative representation of the human form.

The workshops aim to help you:

The Instructor

I am a complementary therapist, artist, photographer and educator. I have a 1st class honours degree in osteopathy, and worked for more than 25 years as an osteopath and massage therapist. During my musculoskeletal career, I assessed and treated many people with all sorts of body types. I also delivered training, coaching and tutoring, and was a Display Screen Equipment assessor. Today, I remain fascinated and inspired by the human form.

More recently, I have been developing my own creative practice and was awarded a licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society.