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I would say that you have proportions pretty down pat. I suggest trying to use as few lines as possible; try not to scribble when you are putting anatomy onto your gesture drawings. This way, yout drawings will appear clean and bold. Best of luck to you!

Wow, great job on these! I can see that you're already delving into some shading and highlighting. I think you're ready to move on to full portraits. Keep practicing with extreme angles and expressions, even wacky proportions. go wild and have fun!

Good job with the line of action in these poses! I would suggest focusing on making definitive, single lines, especially once you start moving on to building anatomy onto your sketches. It's tempting to go over lines many times, i still do this! You have an eye for where the person in the photo is putting their weight though, keep it up!

I think these are great gesture sketches! Remember, the goal of gesture drawing is to capture the movement and weight of the figure so your final drawing looks dynamic. Looking at these, I can easily read where the figure is putting their weight. I would suggest that instead of trying to perfectly recreate what someone is doing in a photo, try capturing the mood of the pose; is it imposing? relaxed? intense? alluring?

Nice dynamic poses! Once you feel comfortable with finding the line of action and getting the basic movement of the body down, start working on proprtions and anatomy. Keep up the good work!

So I just started using this site and I'm commited to figure drawing 30 min a day, 3 days a week using class mode. Here are my first two 10 min drawings:

First day (10 min figure drawing) by Pilot

(Day 1)

Day 2, 10 minute figure drawing by Pilot

(Day 2)

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, especially the second one. I'm looking to improve my proportions in the legs and arms at this point; any advice on how to do that? Thanks!

• Pilot edited this post on September 20, 2018 8:18pm.
• Pilot edited this post on September 20, 2018 9:57pm.