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Pete
Pete
France & New Zealand
Have not changed the profile picture as I like the representation of "Cheeky monkey". I like drawing. Sometimes I think I am doing OK - sometime not.
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Sandra Süsser
So I did a bunch of differently timed gesture sessions between 10 sec and 2 min per pose. This is just a selection of my favourites and overall I found my sweet spot with 1 min studies. With 2 min I found myself too focused on details and the outline already (good for Mannequin, but not gesture), but 30 seconds were not enough either to grasp everything and get a somewhat decent look. 10 sec were fun to do, but I had problems switching back to the longer Intervall sessions after that. Stressed me out way too much. Any suggestions?
Pete
3yr
Hi Sandra, an interesting set of drawings showing a development and worries that I have been through too. There are some good sketches in there and maybe a few that didn't quite work out as you would have liked ... but that is the point of these quick sketch exercises : practice and train your eye to observe and capture the gesture, rhythm and flow of each pose in the allotted time - not to produce a beautiful piece of art with each attempt. For me, the ten second sketches try to capture too much detail. With such a short time I like to try (emphasis on "try" - I still struggle a lot) still to take a moment to analyse each pose and then to capture it. Sometimes it is only a single line, maybe two or three once I have warmed up, before time runs out. Sometimes I feel I succeed - often I fail. What it has helped me with however, is that in adopting the same approach for the longer sketches, I get a flowing line of action down first then am able to build on this gesture. When I get this right I end up with a rhythm and flow which pleases me. I also found that it helped me greatly to "up - size" my drawings ... big arm movements filling an A3 size sheet ... rather than lots of little figures on one page. To economise on paper I use different coloured pencils and overwrite previous drawings - this allows you still to look back and plot the progression of your session. This personal recording of the session often (accidentally) presents me with a final "artwork" of which I can take pride as a bonus! I hope these comments give some food for thought. I am in no way an expert but looking at your drawings made me analyse how I moved from struggling with gesture drawings to a point where I look forward to every session I undertake. I still struggle to achieve what I want so often go back to review past lessons - as I am now with the third or fourth time I am going through this course - and remind myself of what I am doing and why. Keep drawing and don't forget to enjoy what you do!
Matthew Nicholas Sandoval
Here's a couple of my 2 min sketches. The biggest problem I am facing is that I am having a hard time locating the main action line within the model. Especially when facing the back.
Pete
3yr
I understand your difficulty identifying the line of action. A tip I picked up elsewhere is to draw over photos from newspapers, magazines and prints of poses trying to pick out the line ...(sports sections of newspapers are good sources) ... then try to reproduce the line on a blank sheet. It helps train the eye to spot the best lines. Also try to bring in a little exaggeration when you think the lines are too stiff or straight
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