Gesture drawing

Gesture drawing

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  A. Theinert –Becker College - 2013
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  Gesture Drawing Gesture Drawing– Rapid Execution style of drawing. The artist attempts to capture the form of a model or scene in a matter of seconds or minutes. (Max 2 min) • Often used to capture Movement or Action Poses • Helpful in training the brain in hand–eye coordination • Helpful in gaining instinctive understanding of proportion & form. • Can be a warm up for more detailed work or can be the beginning ‘sketch’ for a fully rendered piece. • Pen should constantly be moving ‘freely’, don’t stop to think about the lines. • No erasing, there are no ‘mistakes’- just draw darker lines to continually define the shape you see.
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  Gesture Drawing: Process Step1: Determine the Line of Action: • Observed and drawn in the first 5 seconds of drawing • Imaginary line that runs through the spine of a figure • These should be Curves (not S shaped)
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  Gesture Drawing: Process Step2: Add Volume & Form around the LoA Located the major body sections that define the pose: Head, Torso, Pelvis Locate the Joints and the represent the position of the Extremities.
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  Gesture Drawing: Style Thereare many different ways to go about gesture drawing. We will experiment with a few so that you can determine your preferred style.
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  • 5 Posesper Style • 2 Minutes per pose • Gesture Drawing: Practice No Erasing, Instead enable Pen Pressure and make your final lines darker by pressing harder. 1 – Warm Up. Draw however you would normally. 2 – Line & Circle. Represent the joints with circles & the extremities with lines, follow the Line of Action. Add volume to the skeleton as a final step if time allows.
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  Gesture Drawing: Styles 3– Continuous Line. Don’t lift the pen from the tablet, let it flow back across the lines you have created already. This will give the sketch a messy, ‘scribbly’ look. It can be difficult, but resist the urge to lift the pen!
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  Gesture Drawing: Styles 4– Square or Thick Brush. Use a larger brush preferably square, With this method you will need to adjust your approach, this time focus on the volume of the figure but remember to still follow the Line of Action. This method is similar to working with Charcoal or Pastel on paper.