The Gesture Course
Intro to Gesture
Proportions
Learning Gesture
Difficult Poses
The Shape Method
Bonus
Course In Progress
Course In Progress
Practice an alternative approach to gesture drawing by emphasizing shape and part before applying gesture and perspective. This method simplifies the figure into basic forms, enhancing your ability to construct poses with depth and movement.
Newest
Pedro Branco
1d
Michael I'm sorry but I'm not quite understanding the difference between both methods.
I understand the the first one focuses more on direction rather than outline, and this method uses more blocky construction to define the shape but I'm struggling to see the difference beyond one method looking smoother and the other looking more rigid/defined.
Am I misunderstanding this?
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21h
The biggest difference is that in the first method I don't close off any shapes. This one purposefully works from one shape to the other. It may look a little more blocky or stiff for that reason alone.
Zander Schmer-Lalama
1d
Here’s my attempt at the shape method. I think they’re stiff, but tell me what you think.
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18h
Nice! I like how you figured out where to put the "axe handles" and how you drew that bottom of the foot! That's always a hard thing to draw.
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
