Drawing Super Heroes
* By Instructor, Alice Olson Seufert. Super Heroes, Manikin used for proportions.
* By Instructor, Alice Olson Seufert. Super Heroes, Manikin used for proportions.
* By Instructor, Patrick Seufert
INSTRUCTOR - Patrick Seufert
FOR AGES 12 & UP
It is recommended (not required) that Foundation Drawing and/or Color Theory have been completed before taking a Workshop class. Please contact Patrick for more information.
DESCRIPTION: In the Super Heroes course, students will learn how to draw the body in the comic book style. The course starts with a basic understanding of how to draw the body in proportion, from a wooden manikin and from human likeness plastic figurines. Student will learn that Super Heroes are drawn in larger than life proportions, with the head being smaller and the muscles over-exaggerated, standing 8 & 3/4 heads tall. (vs. 7 heads tall for a normal human being) Continuing the course, students will create their own Super Hero and an environment. Layout and design will be emphasized.
Minimum supplies needed for this class are:
Strathmore 11" X 14" spiral bound sketch book.
HB fine art graphite pencil
Kneaded eraser
Prismacolor colored pencils (at least 12)
Black Micron pen, .45mm
Black Sharpie marker
A full list of supplies with prices will be available before the course begins. Other supplies (markers & pens) may be used for this course but they will have to be purchased outside of the studio. Supplies are not included in the cost of the course.
INSTRUCTOR: Patrick Seufert has been teaching at the SAS for over 10 years. He receiving his BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple U., Philadelphia. He is a professional artist, who developed his own unique style of painting in a hyperrealistic manner. His talents has proven to be exceptional, in that it granted him acceptance into many prestigious National juried shows, such as Allied Artists of America, Oil Painters of America and the National Oil Acrylic Painters’ Society. Over the past 15 years, Patrick’s oils have won numerous prizes, including many Best of Show, Best Landscape, First Prize in Oils & Merit Awards, across the U.S.
Mainly an urban landscape painter, he also has rendered seascapes and rural areas. An article titled “Urban Painter”was recently published in the Bucks County Magazine (Spring ‘26).
Patrick’s work is presently included in the Allied Artists International Exhibition, online.