Illuminated Anatomy: An Immersive Exploration of Arms & Hands through Drawing and Movement

Welcome!

In this course, join artists Domini Anne and Paul Richmond on an artistic and transformative exploration. Learn to capture the beauty and complexity of arms and hands in this first-of-its-kind video series! By combining movement exercises, gesture drawing, and innovative visualization techniques, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of this vital aspect of human anatomy. This course is comprised of 23 video lessons that are approximately 10-minutes each, covering anatomy fundamentals, movement exploration, gesture drawing, body paint demonstrations, and drawing in various poses. Paul and Domini's playful, creative approach to the subject will make learning fun and keep you coming back for more.

Video Lessons

Materials

You are welcome to work with any materials you'd like. Here's a list of everything we will be using in this series:

Sketchbook (White Paper)
2B Pencil
Sketchbook (Black Paper)
Prismacolor Colored Pencils
Printable PDF Download (see below)

Printable PDF Download

Click the Dropbox link below to access the printable PDF download for this course. Download and print so that you can draw or color along. You may want to print multiple copies so that you can sketch different layers of muscles separately. This course is designed to allow you to "choose your own adventure." If you are comfortable drawing, we encourage you to use the blank hand and arm pages at the beginning of the packet and draw along with the lessons. If you prefer not to draw, we have also included coloring page that correspond with each lesson so that you can color the muscles and bones along with us. Try both ways and see what works best for you!

Meet the Artists

Domini Anne

Domini Anne brings a unique, powerful blend of rich expertise and intuitive insight to her teaching, training, and bodywork.

Her dynamic, genre-bending style invites you to integrate the complex interrelationships between the body, mind, spiritual and emotional states, earning her numerous accolades and a devoted international following. A master trainer with over twenty five years of extensive experience in various movement modalities, she combines breath and body awareness to access the stuck, dormant parts of the body that crave freedom. Her approach balances warmth, precision, and play, fostering liberation from a narrative of “wrongness” to encourage learning and healing from a state of neutrality, cultivating an attitude of curiosity and joy around our physicality.

Learn more at dominianne.com.

Paul Richmond

Paul Richmond is an internationally recognized visual artist and activist whose career has included exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States as well as publication in numerous art journals and anthologies.

His work is collected by individuals around the globe. As an illustrator, has created over four hundred novel cover illustrations. He is a co-founder of the You Will Rise Project, an organization that empowers those who have experienced bullying to speak out creatively through art. He is Executive Director of Art Makes Us, a virtual creative space dedicated to providing opportunities for each individual to discover and nurture the artist within. Paul lives with his husband Dennis in Monterey, California. He is represented by Muse Art Services.

Learn more at paulrichmondstudio.com.

Give Yourself a Hand!

We really hope you enjoy this course. When you’re finished with your drawings, we’d love for you to share them with us! Tag us on Instagram and Facebook. You can also share your work and comments about the course at info@artmakesus.com.

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