Well it's about a thousand years late, but here's my practice! This is a good exercise. I'm going to add it to my rotation. This is a great exercise for figuring out which directions you have trouble pulling lines in! As a righty, I was not at all surprised to find that my best lines are bottom-left to top-right, and my worst lines are top-left to bottom-right.

Week 3, attempt 2 - twelve more hands and feet! This was a great challenge. I've got a long way to go, but seeing how much I can improve in just 3 weeks is really encouraging. I can only imagine the gains if you did this daily for a year or two. Fantastic submissions everyone, and good luck!!

Week 3, first practice!

Week 3, attempt 1! I was NOT expecting to have to draw hands and feet for this challenge! This was fun but very difficult. I haven't put in my hours studying hands and feet and hands in particular are still really tough for me. There are just so many forms and plane changes and overlaps that I just can't keep track of them all, even as I'm telling myself, "it's just a box with some cylinders attached, how hard can it be?" That being said, I recognize at least one of these hands (bottom-right!) from the drawing basics course. Last time I drew that hand, it took me an evening - this time it took me 5 minutes! In other words... I'm improving! And hey, that's what it's all about, right?

week 3: hands and feet

My submission for the Gesture Drawing Challenge: 1. Week 1 - Dynamic Movement 16 1-minute poses 10 5-minute poses 2. Week 2 - Static Poses 12 5-minute poses 3. Week 3 - Hands and Feet 12 5-minute poses 4. Bonus - Expressions 17 5-minute poses Great challenge! Thanks for the sample reference images and for considering my submission.

week 2

Week 2, attempt 3! Sometimes I feel like all the different techniques I've learned for figure drawing are competing in my brain to be the approach I take for any given drawing. I guess part of figuring out your own unique workflow is determining which blend of techniques works for you.

Week 2, attempt 2! The jellybean people are back! I like the colors. They make me happy. There are some parts of figure drawing that still aren't clicking for me, but I'm feeling the improvement even since starting this challenge. I really like the 5-minute poses. I know that as a beginner I should be trying to do more poses quickly, but 30-second and 1-minute poses just feel way too rushed a lot of the time.

My submission for week 02 it's getting more excited what comes next ,and glad to see other peoples works and stuft here !!