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Capturing Perpetual Motion (Online Course) Spring 2026 w/ Misha
May 28 to June 25 (Thursdays), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/opTG7bwUV44
Course Description
The practical part of the course consists of teaching the participants to draw four principal figurative poses and put them in motion by tracing additional frames. The initial static poses will be laborated by adding multiple silhouettes, projecting the motion into future and imagining the possible preceding motion. The goal is to unite all the frames in one and achieve the sense of perpetual motion regardless of the initial rigidity of the stance. All work will be done without using any sort of reference – only memory, imagination and intuition.
Course Outline
Week 1 –
Drawing four figures in different poses (sitting, standing, running, laying), working on proportion and flexibility of the joints. Adding tones, shadows, facial expression.
Week 2 -
Drawing a standing figure and adding frames to it – simulating the motion. Trying different degrees of freedom, making the figure look alive, thinking of ways to add motion to a standing figure.
Week 3 –
Drawing the sitting figure and repeating the process for the standing figure. Tracing additional silhouettes without joining them with each other.
Week 4 –
Drawing the laying figure and repeating the process. Incorporating additional silhouettes, uniting them with the core figure.
Week 5 –
Drawing the running figure. Adding two forward frames and two backward frames of motion, uniting the silhouettes. Working on fluidity, absence of beginning and end, implicit continuity.
Course Materials List
Graphite stick 9B
Vine charcoal
Hard eraser Milan
A3/A2 Strathmore drawing paper
Soft pastels (standard colors)
Charcoal pencil
May 28 to June 25 (Thursdays), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/opTG7bwUV44
Course Description
The practical part of the course consists of teaching the participants to draw four principal figurative poses and put them in motion by tracing additional frames. The initial static poses will be laborated by adding multiple silhouettes, projecting the motion into future and imagining the possible preceding motion. The goal is to unite all the frames in one and achieve the sense of perpetual motion regardless of the initial rigidity of the stance. All work will be done without using any sort of reference – only memory, imagination and intuition.
Course Outline
Week 1 –
Drawing four figures in different poses (sitting, standing, running, laying), working on proportion and flexibility of the joints. Adding tones, shadows, facial expression.
Week 2 -
Drawing a standing figure and adding frames to it – simulating the motion. Trying different degrees of freedom, making the figure look alive, thinking of ways to add motion to a standing figure.
Week 3 –
Drawing the sitting figure and repeating the process for the standing figure. Tracing additional silhouettes without joining them with each other.
Week 4 –
Drawing the laying figure and repeating the process. Incorporating additional silhouettes, uniting them with the core figure.
Week 5 –
Drawing the running figure. Adding two forward frames and two backward frames of motion, uniting the silhouettes. Working on fluidity, absence of beginning and end, implicit continuity.
Course Materials List
Graphite stick 9B
Vine charcoal
Hard eraser Milan
A3/A2 Strathmore drawing paper
Soft pastels (standard colors)
Charcoal pencil