ABSTRACT
FORCE is a challenging topic to teach. It is far less obvious to witness than measurement and proportion. Those topics are also, at times, difficult to instruct since they demand the visual clarity of the artist for the awareness to occur. FORCE is invisible. It is not tattooed on the body. I have experienced over the years that FORCE is more quickly understood if, at first, the artist draws striving for the FORCE “experience.” Drawing with the line that I will present to you conveys a physical activity. You must “feel” FORCE running through the figure by mimicking and understanding rhythmic FORCES in the body. In the first few chapters, I will cover the basics of FORCE. For a deeper understanding of the theory, read FORCE: Dynamic Life Drawing, 10th Anniversary Edition (2017).
