Using colored pencils helped me not lose the figure when using the gesture for the under drawings before putting in the shapes. Question. Do you recommend finishing the gesture course 1st before finishing the figure construction course since Gesture is you 1st step in your workflow in construction?

my studies during the demonstration

I'm still not really understand how to measure the body into 8 lines because some people might taller or shorter than her but I understand the rest of the video.

I'm a bit confused about the goal of this approach. I get why we do the gesture and landmarks, but I don't see the use of drawing the boxes. Aren't loosing the work underneath it? Can't we just start drawing anatomy on once we've done the connections and landmarks?

My notes from the lesson. I've always struggled a bit with with placement of my cylinders, but they're so helpful for understanding perspective!

Not sure how well I did on this one but I am enjoying the class and the book so far!

This assignment was helpful for furthering my understanding of how figures are able to look more 3D when drawn in shapes. I will continue to practice this, I had fun in my attempt here.

Notes from the lesson. I feel like it's starting to come together and lessons from books I've drawn through are being reinforced/tweaked. I can't wait to get into seated and lying poses because I really struggle with that when reading Figure Drawing for All It's Worth.

I find myself struggling with gestures (getting them in the "right" place for correct proportions) and my figures always look strange. I have watched quite a few videos/classes - yours and others - thinking that if I keep learning it might click. Now I'm thinking maybe I need to be practicing more on my own - just trying to draw figures from references for a few days instead of just trying to "actively learn" Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing or thoughts? I might be too academically minded for my own good and skipping over the practice in favour of lessons.

I'm curious as to why you only use parallel lines during perspective. Are there cases where you use 2 or 3 point perspective, and if you did would you apply it during that step?

Annoying me? Nah. The insights are excellent and the view into your process is super helpful. So, can I assume then, that from stage 5, if you're going to costume the figure, you don't necessarily need to get to anatomy? I say this because I can imagine that when there are costumes that don't completely cover a portion of the body, say the upper body, you're gonna need to add the anatomy (or as much of it as you need/want to)?

I split the process into two drawings so I could remember how each step addresses the figure. Slowing down to analyze the same picture from different steps is a lot easier than trying to get it right on the first pass. Really enjoying the class.

enjoying Michael’s videos and his process breakdowns. Any feedback is welcomed.

Loving the course so far! Spent a long time deliberating which one to go with for figure drawing, so many great teachers here, think I made the best choice. Love your style of teaching and how everything builds on top of previous knowledge. Hope you will do a course on anatomy too some day.

hello, choosing the right directions for wrapping lines trip me up a bit and proportions and perspective but I’m learning

Going to start using color pencils for each step when practicing on paper. Becomes a mess pretty quick!

Hello apologies for lack of reference but I feel like I’m really struggling in most areas especially perspective and proper form intersection, so I will share my studies of the day

240317 Sakura sketchbook. Mechanical pencil HB.