Welcome to The Anatomy of Style!
For five years, this existed as a private, bespoke online workshop limited to just 10 students per cohort. It was intimate, intensive, and transformative for everyone involved. But given the nature of those small classes, most of the world never got to experience it.
Now, for the first time, The Anatomy of Style is available for everyone. I took my anatomy skills and built a course around a simple but powerful idea: style is what you take out, not what you put in. Anatomy books don't teach you how to draw, because the figure moves. What I teach here is how to understand the structure beneath the surface so thoroughly that you can stylize every line of it and make it your own.
These are the lessons I wish I'd had when I was coming up. The one that bridges the gap between stiff, academic figure drawing and the kind of expressive, rhythmic, living artwork that actually takes your breath away.
The Anatomy Problem
You've studied anatomy. You've drawn from reference. You've watched tutorials. But your figures still feel mechanical, stiff, or like a poor copy of a photograph. You know something is missing, but you can't quite name it.
What's missing is the balance between structure and gesture. Structure alone gives you a mannequin. Gesture alone gives you rubber hose drawings. The magic happens when you learn to weave them together, and that's the central puzzle this entire course is built to solve.
What Sets This Course Apart
I'll walk you through my complete approach to figure drawing, from the very first proportional marks to fully rendered master drawings. Along the way, you'll learn how I simplify complex anatomy into memorable shapes and mnemonics (like aviator sunglasses for eye sockets and ice cream cones for knees) so that the knowledge lives in your subconscious and whispers to you as you draw.
You'll learn how to find the long, rhythmic lines that flow through the human body. How to draw male and female figures and understand the small anatomical differences that create huge visual changes. How to work with charcoal, pencil, chamois, and kneadable erasers to get expressive, painterly results from the simplest tools. How to tackle foreshortening without fear. How to use shadow, tone, and contrast to sculpt three-dimensional form on flat paper. And how to know when a drawing is finished before you render the life out of it.
Most importantly, you'll learn how to stop copying and start designing.
A 4 Week Experience to Sharpen Your Figures
Week 1: Foundations & First Marks: We begin with proportions, the skull, the rib cage, male and female differences, and your first charcoal drawings. This is where you build the subconscious engine that powers everything else.
Week 2: Connecting the Figure: Now we put the parts together. Contrapposto, hands, hips, foreshortening, and learning to design from reference rather than trace it.
Week 3: Depth, Detail & Style: We go deep into foreshortening, arm anatomy, and rendering. By the end of this week, you'll start to feel your own style emerging.
Week 4: The Master Drawing: Everything comes together. You'll create a fully realized, gallery-worthy drawing using every tool, technique, and insight from the course. This is where the artist in you steps forward.
Who is this for?
This workshop is for artists of all skill levels, but aimed at those with a fundamental foundation. If you're a beginner, don't get stuck trying to perfect the basics before moving forward. Get into the drawing and discover what you need along the way. If you're intermediate, this will fill in the gaps you didn't know you had. If you're advanced, this will challenge you to loosen your grip, take risks, and find something in your work you haven't seen before.
If you work in animation, illustration, concept art, fantasy art, or just love drawing the human figure, this course will change how you see and how you draw.
A Note on Style
I named this course The Anatomy of Style because anatomy is the foundation, but style is the destination. I don't want a room full of little Patricks running around. I want you to take what's here, mix it with everything you already bring to the table, and walk away with a stronger version of your own voice.
You have something already. You've had it since childhood. Don't give it up. Let these lessons sharpen it.
I wish you the best of luck drawing along and listening as I describe the methods, mnemonics, secrets, and enchantments of learning how to draw the figure with style. These are the simplest of tools. A pencil, charcoal, some newsprint, and a bit of tissue. You can sit under a tree with these things and make magic.
Now let's go make some magic together.
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No. These videos contain nudity.
