Gesture Demo on Wire Armature
Gesture Demo on Wire Armature
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Figure Sculpting Fundamentals

Capturing Gesture

Gesture Demo on Wire Armature

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Andrew Joseph Keith
With this in-depth demo, I show you how I capture gesture throughout my sculpting process.
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What gauge wire are you using for the 6" gesture pieces? I know you used 14 gauge for the 12". Did you use 14 gauge for the 6" armatures as well?
Andrew Joseph Keith
For smaller sculptures I use a thinner gauge like 18 or 20 depending on how small I go.
Isaiah Herron
Any tips
Andrew Joseph Keith
It's looking good! I'd try sculpting thinner and more of a skinny figure. then slowly add the details of the anatomy and the silhouette from different angles. Keep going!
Sandra Esparza
Andrew, Honestly My husband , Felipe, is taking the course. So this is Felipe’s work and process. He really enjoys your course.
Andrew Joseph Keith
Awesome! I’m thrilled to hear it and glad to see his work!
Pete McG
3yr
Hi Andrew. Some of my gesture studies. Comments please.
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey looking great! Really can feel the poses. I like that you did multiple studies. keep it up!
Strahinja Milutin
Hi Andrew, here's my latest gesture study.
Strahinja Milutin
It's a bit better now I hope. I find that shapes affect the gesture greatly... And it's hard to take a photo that looks good :D
Andrew Joseph Keith
Great job! I'd try to push the gesture even a little bit further and push the gesture in the extremities as well like the legs. better to have too much gesture than too little with this exercise! Keep it up!
@jakeyboy123
Andrew, I finally figured out how to post images! Here are a few of my attempt at the pose in the last video. Took about an hour to do this. No tools, just my hands. I am really enjoying the class.
@jakeyboy123
Andrew, I have been practicing a bit over the holiday break so i am going to send you some results. I am looking forward to getting started up again.
Andrew Joseph Keith
Hey these are looking great! Definitely capturing the pose and the gesture of a lot of the forms. I would work on smoothing out the outlines as you work, it might be that you’re exaggerating some of the secondary forms or just using clumps of clay that are too large but try to observe the gesture of the outline and focus less on the deviations from that main gesture. Some areas also look too thick compared to others so try to keep things consistent and not add too much too fast in any one area. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more!
AJ Nouri
3yr
Thanks Joseph, I am enjoying this course :) I know that building the body is not the purpose of this video, but is it possible to have a view from your standpoint? (might be camera at your fronthead?) It would be great to see the size of the clay chunks you're picking up, how you're manipulating them and where your placing them in the body. Keep it up Joseph!
Andrew Joseph Keith
Yes that is something that is tricky to show when sculpting for a camera because it’s easy to forget that the angle I’m seeing is not the angle the camera sees. In the future I may invest in some type of wearable camera for demos but I haven’t been able to do that yet.
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