Agnieszka
Agnieszka
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Agnieszka
My examples of gesture drawing include those I did before the demo, following the demo, and after critique. There are some poses I like and others I don’t. I’m wondering if I should try 5- or 6-minute gesture sessions to take more time to analyze my mistakes, understand why my poses feel stiff, and work on improving line quality (since it currently looks messy), or if I should stick to 2- or 3-minute gesture sessions and rely on consistent practice to help me improve.
Rachel Dawn Owens
I can see the improvements already! Your drawings on the second page have more form and flow. It looks like you’re learning exactly what you need to. 1-3 minute drawings are great practice to loosen up your hand and get your mind working right. When you start getting into 5-10 minute poses, you will start to consider anatomy and lighting more. All gesture drawing is good practice. Draw whatever you like more to keep up your consistency. Any quicksketch practice over a long period of time will yield results. Nice work! Keep it up!
Agnieszka
This is my additional example. After creating 4 pieces, I noticed that I always drew the brow too low and had issues with the angle of the eyes. I'll try to focus on these areas next time
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Agnieszka
I don't know when those 2 hours passed. I had a great time drawing together.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Wow! Pirate-looking monkey on the bottom middle is my favorite. It’s already a really clean drawing. I think you could have just colored that one. Don’t overthink it. Just keep having fun. These are awesome!
Janou Baarda
This was great. Decided to finish the banana monkey in the left under. Thnx for the inspiration and good lesson Stan!
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1mo
Love it
Agnieszka
When I followed the demo, the exercise seemed simple and fun, but creating my own shapes was much harder. I’m not completely satisfied with them. I guess I need more practice.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Looks like you’re on the right track! It’s ok to keep your drawings a little sketchy. That bear is really fun. I dig his cape.
Agnieszka
After watching the demo and critique, I finally understand what a "master study" means. I found some references my master likely used and created studies based on notes, trying to recreate six of his works. After this, I found my own references featuring the character my master drew (but in different poses/expressions, etc.), and at the end, I drew another character, trying to capture my master's style. I think I’ve managed to capture his line style but not the shapes yet, though I haven’t studied shapes yet, so I think that’s okay?
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