The Frank Reilly Illustration Method Level 2

7. Reilly Method Figure Drawing: Week 1 | History and Technique
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors! In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. Students will learn how to lay-in the figure, how to simplify and design the anatomy, and how to use light, shadow, and edge control.

8. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 2 | Standing Pose: Second Session
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors! In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. Students will learn how to lay-in the figure, how to simplify and design the anatomy, and how to use light, shadow, and edge control.

9. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 3 | Standing Pose: Final Session
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors! In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. Students will learn how to lay-in the figure, how to simplify and design the anatomy, and how to use light, shadow, and edge control to create 3-dimensional form in their drawings. In this third lesson, Mark finishes up the final stages of his figure drawing. He will introduce half-tones, and will show you how to soften your edges using a paper stump. Mark will also show examples of completed drawings from his portfolio, as well as give a lecture on proportions of the body.

10. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 4: Designing the Head
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors! In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. Students will learn how to lay-in the figure, how to simplify and design the anatomy, and how to use light, shadow, and edge control.

11. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 5: Designing the Head, Continued
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 5th lesson, Mark will continue rendering the head drawing from the previous lesson by introducing new pencil and sketching techniques. He will also analyze a collection of figure studies and demonstrate how to lay in tones on the head using charcoal pencil.

12. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 6: Designing the Hands
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 6th lesson, Mark will go over the Reilly Head Abstraction in detail and analyze selected master works of Matania. He will then demonstrate how to design the hands, first by laying in the structure, and then by refining the design through tonal and value control.

13. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 7: Designing the Hands, Continued
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 7th lesson, Mark will continue the hand drawing from the previous lesson by showing how to properly introduce shape and shadow to the rendering. He will then elaborate on the differences between the back view of the hand from the front view of the hand, and later analyze works by Sir Frederic Leighton.

14. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 8: Full Female Figure
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 8th lesson, Mark will demonstrate how to properly render a full female figure by carefully spacing and placing the initial lay-in.

15. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 9: Full Female Figure Continued
We are pleased to share with you a 10-week long class brought to you by Art Mentors. In this class, legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. In this 9th lesson, Mark continues working on the full female figure, first by working on the detail of the arms and back.

16. Reilly Method Figure Drawing Week 10: Full Female Figure Continued
Here is the final week’s recording from Art Mentors’ 10-week class in which legendary illustrator Mark Westermoe teaches figure drawing using the Reilly Method. Mark finalizes a rendering of a standing female figure by resolving the shadows throughout the entire body. He also refines the half-tones and demonstrates how to design the foot.