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Armando
Armando
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Armando
here's a couple of 2 mins gesture drawing. I've doing fewer now that I'm working on the bean, but still I wanted to keep doing some.
Armando
here's all the beans from this lesson (a few of those I felt I didn't get right, I paired them with a copy of Stan's version). let me know how I did
Armando
Armando
3yr
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Hi everyone, I've been following the figure drawing course for about a month now and I got a few questions. Firstly, I should say that I'm feeling kind of stuck; on the one hand I'm interested in going forward with the course (the bean), on the other I don't really feel confident about my progress and feel I should spend more time on previous lessons/ assignments (gesture studies). What should I do? How long should I spend/have you spent on a certain "chapter" before going forward? I feel like I am overcomplicating this all so, any feedback would be really helpful! Thanks
Armando
Hi guys this is my first time posting. Here are some of my very first gesture drawing exercises, They're mostly 30 sec poses but there's also a couple 2 min ones (they're from the following lesson plus a pic i liked). I've mostly been struggling with identifying the underlying movement of the figure, instead of focusing on the features; plus with the 30 sec poses i guess i lose track of proportions... in any case, here they are. Any criticism/ advice is gladly welcome :)
Jesper Axelsson
Hi @Armando, Nice drawings! I think you´re on the right track! Keep up the good work! I think this note that I gave another student can be helpful : (https://www.proko.com/profile/muffinarrow/activity to see original post) "ASSYMETRY, HELPING THE FLOW When you move into doing longer poses where you have time indicate both sides of a leg and add small details in the contour, you might find the gesture to be hurt. A common issue is to draw symmetrical contours. The symmetry kills the flow. What you want to do is to draw contours that support the flow. Put simply, if the gesture is a c-curve, bend the contour lines to follow that c-curve. You could also think of the gesture as a stream of water that the contour should push forward from side to side. A curve on one side is followed by a curve on the other side. This assymetrical contour pushes the flow forward." So it´s important to be able to use both many and few lines; few lines to help you see the big picture, which the details are built on, and many to capture more of the gesture. I hope this was helpful :) You said this is your first time posting so I thought this might be helpful: "-SOME PRACTICE TIPS: How you practice is as important, or even more important than what you practice. Here are some things that helped me improve faster: STAN´S EXAMPLES For me it was invaluable to look at Stan´s example drawings, following this routine 1. Try to draw the pose myself before looking at Stan´s example 2. Look at Stan and copy his drawing 3. Try to draw like Stan did, without looking at his example I did this over and over, varying up with other poses I found on the internet, trying to bring with me the habits I learned from Stan. DELIBERATE PRACTICE Another thing that was important for me was to be on the look out for things to improve. Improving was simply a long chain of - Doing a mistake - Finding the mistake - Trying to not make the same mistake in the next drawing "
Chris
3yr
I'd suggest trying to get a few more lines in your 30 sec drawings. I would put both sides of the torso and if you can get an extra line in for at least one arm or leg I think that helps with showing the gesture. Try making your 30 sec gesture drawings smaller, you'll fit a lot more per page and making shorter strokes will help you get more lines down. I just do them all in rows one after the other.
Armando
Yeah as soon as I saw it I immediately thought of Zapata's drawings. I'm a beginner so I don't really have anything critical to say other than the fact this looks really cool!
Alexandre Morais
Thanks!! Keep on drawing!!
Armando
Hi guys, I've got a question for you, one that has less to do with technique and more to do with a practical use of space I guess... I've started exercising with 30 sec and 2 mins gesture sketches but I always find myself being unable to fit more than one pose sketch per page (I use a 'normal' A4 blank notebook and an HB pencil). Should I try and draw smaller sketches or maybe use bigger sheets? Or am I simply overthinking a trivial issue? (my fear is that by not using space on the page properly I don't get to draw as much... I guess) In any case, I'll be thankful for any response. Bye :)
Christopher Beaven
I would suggest to get larger paper. For gestures, going bigger is always better. This way you can use your entire arm and get used to the fluid motion of the body. I would suggest a pad of 18x24 newsprint and play around on that with filling the whole page with one figure or multiple figures. Not only does it help with your gestures but it's a good workout for your arm!
Chris
3yr
My 30 second gestures improved when I started drawing smaller figures. I think it's helpful to practice both larger and smaller sketches. Maybe save your larger sketches for longer studies.
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