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abril-art-class.bsky.social
Abril de Lucia ART CLASSES
@abril-art-class.bsky.social
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Art educator teaching online art classes via Discord!
NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
🎨 Discord Group: https://discord.gg/85V754nHpc
🎨 Individual Classes on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays
🎨 Group Classes every Friday!
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You can draw perfect curves with the tangent method!
#artclass | #arttutorial | #tutorial | #artsky | #learning
Sheet describing how to draw perfect curves with the help of tangent lines.
April 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Drapery’s hidden secret shape: triangles! Keep them in mind!
Class notes showing the sharp shapes and contours created by fabric when pinched Class notes on wrinkle angularity and pinched, overlapped fabric.
January 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Neck #anatomy with #astarion

#bg3 | #artclass | #tutorial
Anatomical schematic and shadow and light pattern observed over a screenshot of Baldur’s Gate 3’s vampire spawn character Astarion. Screenshot from an art class.
December 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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3 Most Important Concepts when tackling heads!

#arteducation #anatomy #tutorial
Skulls in front, 3/4 and side views. First concept is the midline that divides the head. Second concept is the front and side planes of the head Third concept is the contour lines that wrap around the surface.
December 18, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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@theposearchives.bsky.social always super useful as a teaching material- go follow them!

#arteducation
Class page of anatomy annotations including joint and bone alignment and hip and ribcage angles. Pictures and reference by ThePoseArchives. (On X, Insta and Bsky)
December 17, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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On Thursdays it’s #GroupClass! Following @devinellekurtz.bsky.social advice to build a visual library and work on our sketching skills, we drew a few animal spreads!

#arteducation
5m timed sketches of sheep, orangutang, horse, bunny, buffalo, otter and baby elephant.
December 17, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Studies I do alongside my students so they can watch my workflow.

#artclass | #study
Study of a plaster cast bust. Study of an illustration by Leyendecker, focusing on the way he shades hair like broad ribbons.
December 4, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Today:

- Types of shadows
- Common shadow placement
- Feature alignment!

#artclass | #education | #arttips
Class notes on the usual placement for occlusion shadows, drop shadows and form shadows when then subject is lit from the front and above.
December 4, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Drawing kisses is hard! Here are our notes from class!
#art | #art l #artclasses | #education | #tutorial
Study sheet for the angles found in heads when people kiss and the characteristics of the tilt and feature overlap.
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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This is what my warmup pages look like! Tips:

- doodle from your wrist and elbow
- make sure you take up the entire page
- practice your weaker angles too!

#tutorial | #art
A page full of abstract doodles and repeating shapes. A page filled with spiral and mussel like shapes. A page filled with doodle ribbons.
November 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Quick rendering tutorial I made some time ago.

#arteducation | #painting | #art | #tutorial
Tutorial describing a series of steps to achieve quick and tight rendering of a portrait, from a cell shaded sketch. ALT text will be expanded soon Second portion of the tutorial which discusses focal points, the usage of color variation, soft vs hard edges, specular highlights and material treatment when rendering.
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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Finding rhythm within anatomy!

#art | #anatomy | #education | #arttutorial
Flow and Figure - Rhythm is about uninterrupted flow. Sometimes seen as the relationship between straight and curved lines, or as the interaction of forces. - Limbs are asymmetrical between themselves. - The femur curves dramatically inwards, sometimes it looks like the skeleton has to pee!
November 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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How to use reference in a smart way!
#education | #art | #arttutorial #reference

Reference by Pose Archives.
Title: Analyzing Reference - Pay attention to the angle of the joints: shoulders, hip, knees and feet. - Pay attention to the negative space left by the pose - Analyze weight distribution, gravity, tension and action. Find the weight bearing leg. The hip on that side is gonna be higher than the other side.
November 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM