Messages du forum par Thestripper

Hi! Gesture drawing should not be a stress factor, it should be submersive, almost meditative. That's why it's good to do it on cheap paper and not care to much. If you feel stress it's probably because you are trying to capture the whole pose in that little time. Try and drop all details and only capture which way the head is turned and then just two or three big sweeping lines that represents the main flow or motoin of the pose - the gesture, nothing more. Also, it looks like you are drawing on a drawing pad. Try whatever paper (newsprint/cheap kind is best for gesture drawing) and a soft (6B or 8B) lead pencil, that is how you get good at line weight and learn how to make sketch lines, statement lines and shading.

Hi.



I've started doing some gesture drawing and would like to hear your thoughts on my progress thus far and if you see any specific weakness that I could strengthen. These are all 30 or 60 second drawings with poses either from Line of Action or just some random poses from Instagram. I should note that these are all very small drawings, about 2 inches tall/wide.



Thank you!