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I, for the life of me cannot remember which podcast I heard this in, and I have listed to three of them a second time and give up on looking for this: does anyone remember a suggested book, I believe it was by Stan, that was said to give some insight on the process of figure drawing? Specifically stating that this book, apart from others, shows the authors PROCESS.
I have trouble knowing what to do next, gesture vs structure.
I know that Steve Huston likes to start with gesture and follows with structure, calling it G1S1G2S2.
min not really looking for a sacred formula, I just want to get inside a good artist head to find out how they have disciplined themself to think, how to approach a drawing.
sorry it’s so long, thanks.
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It might be -- What Are The Fundamentals? Draftsmen S1E04 --Stan mentions Glenn Vilppu´s Drawing Manual. Maybe that´s the one? Or maybe Andrew Loomis´s Figure drawing for all it´s worth.
I´m not a master, but maybe this answers your question about the process:
I start with gesture, trying to feel the pose, the energy and the effort the figure has to make. BUT, I am feeling it, drawing it, in space. I am not really constructing but I am aware that the gesture lines belongs to 3d forms. I am aware that what I draw takes place in space. When working from reference it´s easier to make proportional corrections when you only have a few gesture lines. And when working from imagination this is a great way to establish a natural pose.
And to make it more 3D, yet still being at a very gestural stage I like to start sculpting the volumes. Wrapping energy lines around them, trying to feel the mass. This might be enough for a quicksketch. But if it´s tricky perspective I then redraw it, now starting with boxes to figure out perspecitve.
This order is not set in stone. Sometimes starting with a boxy robo bean is the best way, or a cylinder for the leg. Though, even if I´m drawing structural forms i try to make them gestural, either by bending them to follow the gesture or just be aware that there is a rythm between the boxes.
I recommend watching Mike mattesi´s 3 part series https://prokolab.com/lesson/improving-line-quality-and-rhythm-force-series-part-1/discussions
And this Glenn Vilppu video might help too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_2rL1K1mg
Hope this helps!
