How To Capture Motion & Action In Figure Drawing

Class Description:

Bring your figure drawings to life by capturing dynamic motion and action! This class delves into the principles of portraying movement, energy, and fluidity in your artwork. Enhance your ability to depict the human form in motion and breathe life into your characters.

Shelby will demonstrate techniques for squishing and stretching the human form, creating believable poses, and conveying emotion through movement. In this intermediate drawing class, you'll learn how to break down complex motions into manageable steps, ensuring your figures appear natural and expressive.

What You Will Learn:

  • Basics of how the body moves
  • Techniques for drawing dynamic and believable poses
  • Grasping how balance and weight work in action figures
  • Methods to showing feelings and energy through movement
  • Advice for making complicated movements simpler to draw

Supplies You'll Need:

  • Sketchbook or drawing paper
  • Pencils (preferably HB or 2B for sketching)
  • Pencil sharpener
  • Erasers
  • Blending stumps

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

191 Classes

+8 enrolled

Class Details:

  • 📊Level: Intermediate
  • Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes

Class Pass includes:

  • Lifetime Access To Class

Foxsy Membership includes:

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LindaH
Posted 1 year ago
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I'm Blown away by this Class There was so much to learn and Shelby made it so easy The many drawings were Amazing also Great Class Thank you

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Lawanna Lawrence Bean
Posted 1 year ago
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Excellent basic drawing foundation class! Shelby was well prepared and presented it well.

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Lois
Posted 1 year ago
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This was a super class. I liked the exercises using the timer. It helped me to draw faster. The sack of grain helped me visualize the torso in its various positions. (I'm going to make one using small beans.) The pace was great. Thanks for not using your iPad this time. A+ session!

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kolina-winburn
Posted 1 year ago
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This class was amazing! I learned so much with the step by step drawing process we used during this class. I feel like I really ‘got it’ where I’ve struggled with figure classes before.

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