A couple more 5 minute spheres with a fineliner

Level 2 submission in graphite. Thought I made them more difficult by drawing large, so also tried a small one in 5 minutes, but it didn't make much difference!

Final batch. I did find the more I did, the less stressful they became!

Next batch. I feel I am being too indecisive with my scratchy lines again.

First ten poses. Too many lines from me but good fun.

Part 2 Drawings from imagination. Had to think about gesture drawing and imagined body position so decided to draw pre-gesture -drawing gestural stickmen to remind me where the limbs went. Lines don't really flow into each other unfortunately, too much to think about.

Assignment part 1. Tricky, but got more into the flow as I went on. References: John Gibson, Titian, Tomb Raider, Random Footballer, Michelangelo, Eliza Ivanova, Michaelangelo, Titian.

Must remember and repeat this stuff.  Great first two lessons that augment the stuff in the figure construction course.

Loved the intro lecture and great to have the book as an accompaniment. Slightly don’t understand the suggestion that ‘don’t worry, no one will see these initial drawings’ as I think gesture drawings can be the end point and are things of beauty in themselves. Aren’t some of Rodin and Giacometti’s drawings just gesture?

Level 1 assignment. Definitely prefer the ones in which either the darks or the light dominate.