Gesture Drawings
1yr
@nahgul
Hi! I did these gesture drawings after watching the video "How to Draw Gesture" and I'd like to hear your opinions about them. One of the reasons why I am asking this is that I have just started to go through the free figure drawing course a bit more seriously now, whereas before I was exposed to and practiced the principles covered in the course but in a kind of unstructured way for quite a long time and I feel like I am repeating a lot of mistakes because I did not draw along with the assignment example videos that much or ask for critique very often. So basically what I am asking is do you see any repeated mistakes that are holding me back? (or anything else regarding my gesture drawings) Feedback is very much appreciated, thanks!
These are 30-second and 2-minute drawings I did with the Conte à Paris 2B charcoal pencil that I got recently in preparation for going through this course on just normal A3 office paper.
If you would like to see more material to make a better assessment I could provide even more drawings, there is no shortage of it lol.
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1yr
I don't have much experience with gesture drawing, but I can tell you're doing a really good job staying loose with your lines. With some of these, it looks like your line confidence is a little shaky and as a result muddies the gesture a bit. One thing you could try is to just commit to your lines and if you mess up just push onto the next gesture and come back to the pose later. That will help you avoid developing hairy lines as a habit when you're drawing.
I'm a bit late with responding but I did take what you said into consideration during my figure-drawing sessions by limiting the number of lines I can use when doing gesture drawings and it has definitely helped me improve my line quality. Thanks!
Asked for help
dunno how this "help request" system works so I'll just post this so that people can reply
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1yr
you just have to mark it when you make the post, but thanks for including this so we know you want a critique.
