Since the last update I have had some real ups and downs. Going through the Landmark section of the course it feel like I hit on to something .. and then disaster struck. It’s likely beginners luck were everything lines up by accident and you don’t yet know quite why. And on the next drawing .. because you don’t know why things worked on the previous .. it totally goes in the tank.

We had an assignment to show the structure of an animal using only the basic shapes. That was so bad I quit the drawing and crumpled up the paper and threw it away. Only to decide that since I was documenting my journey I should really include that as well. I unraveled the crumpled paper retrieved from the garbage bin. Sigh. The struggle is real.

Having said that I have seen some progress. I went back to gestures again. Trying to get those down more. This learning process will likely be cyclic in nature. Constantly reviewing, advancing, and because of the new information better understanding what I should have done in the previous step.

I have also been listening to a lot of YouTube videos. In particular I have really liked the Force method for gesture drawing. There is a lot of energy in their posing. And after a few tries .. I think I made some progress.

Anyway, below is linked my practice sheets from the last sessions.

The Proko Figure Drawing Fundamentals has assignments to be completed for review.

Below are the assignments I did for the Gesture and Bean Drawings. I still haven’t set a timer for completing these. Being just 2 weeks in it still takes some time to get these drawn.

These drawings were done from the Mallory Gesture Pack that comes with the course. The image number is written next to the drawings.

Gesture Drawings

Bean Drawings

I have been doing Proko’s figure course now for two weeks. I have covered gestures and the bean.

I am currently spending about 30 minutes per day (most days) practicing along with the videos and assignments in the course.

First impressions? The course is exactly what I wanted. Very structured. Assignments. Lots of examples. I don’t have to go searching for anything. It’s all there.

What am I using to draw. Just a simple pencil, sharpened and practicing the official overhand grip. Still getting use to the hold, but I figure if I’m going on this journey I might as well go all the way.

Okay, let’s get to the drawing. I think I am getting better at the gesture drawing (I think). I’m looking back at some of my early drawings to the latest ones.

Gesture Drawing

Here are some of the first gestures. Not the best. I was struggling trying to get the concept.

Here are some of the ones that I did right before this post.

The Bean

I think moving on to the bean actually helped me understand the gesture a bit more. I will still need to work on my bean “design” (based on the review video of someone else’s work).

I am almost ready to move on to structure. But first I want to do a few more beans and gestures for review before moving on.

The Complete Review

Okay this isn’t the complete review, but if you want to see quite a bit of the work … practice … eh scribbles. You can look through this pdf document.