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Try contour drawing to train your hand and eye coordination and to pay more attention to what you're seeing, instead of what you think you see. Draw your hand, shoes, anything, and really pay attention to the path of the line and how each shape relates to all of the others. Use your first line as comparison between the next and the object. Mentally consider the distances. Look at the object most of the time. Personally I don't like guidelines like head is eighth of the body or the Loomis method. If you learn to really see, things like foreshortening are easier without guidelines like these.

I really like the thighs and legs of pose 4, but they don't really match proportionally with the upper body. Too big. Make more decisive, long lines and practice some contour drawing on the side. Contour, while often seen as anti-gestural drawing method, can train your sense of line, form, and proportion. I think it helps get rid of the short line sketchy problem.

Have you tried contour drawing? Blind or semi-blind? I know this may seem against the grain for gestural drawing, but I think contour drawing, from life or photo, can make someone see proportions and line better. It can also increase confidence in mark making, but it takes a lot of practice. Try drawing your shoes, fruit, whatever you have around you. See each sketch as an exercise instead of a finished product. Alternate this kind of exercise with the standard figure drawing practice.

• Nectarine Skin edited this post on October 24, 2021 4:36am.