Gesture studies

More 30 seconds

30 second drawings

It’s been a while. Time to dump 30 second sketches

Drawings on the subway

Oof, it was a wild weekend but squeezed a few sketches.

More studies, focusing more on the hands and arms.

pose practice

Quick Gestures, I'm hoping to capture more of the feeling and readability.  These were all about 2 minute drawings and working at that speed, I wanted the actual feeling while attempting to keep the proportion. 

Tips I've used was looking at the negative spaces around the legs since that was my trouble spots.  Trying to lay down the whole body was more important to me rather than noodling over fingers and toes.

Self study

Getting used to life drawing without anyone for feedback can be pretty lonely.  Oftentimes our drawings are more observational, copying, and transcribing the images we see onto a substrate. The mind is passively observing, the moment we start drawing with intention becomes difficult.  

Or sometimes, just struggling to get the right pose and gesture is overwhelming.  Going back to the previous drawings and analyzing what improvements, even redrawing the gesture is helpful to reinforce what you learned from books, school, or free classes.