Since the last post I have decided to just settle down and do … “mostly” gesture practice. Instead of rushing off to the next pose, I have stuck around, done several iterations and trying to correct things that looked incorrect on previous versions. I think I have made some improvements. Well … at least the drawings and gestures are starting to capture I think the mood of the poses. At least that’s what I think. I have finally mustered up the courage to pose a few for critique in the Proko Figure Drawing Fundamentals class that I am doing. The next post will likely give an update on any feedback I receive (fingers crossed).
As you can see from the photos below … lots of iterations. From the early stages to the most recent drawings. Of course there are more in the pdf at the end that contains all my practice since the last lesson.
I’ve also taken the liberty to try out some of the more advanced stages and/or techniques. I think it has helped me understand some of the beginner stages more than I did before. But it is still a work in progress. I really liked how this standing pose turned out in the end. I didn’t do anything in the lights and all my shading is in the shadows. But I still like it. It’s progress of a sort. Not the first one that I tried. You can look through the pdf document to see what else I tried my hand at.
I’ve also been cheating on Proko. I know … shameful! I’ve been trying to get additional examples and ideas about gesture from other youtube videos as well. Some of them ended up coming from Proko’s channel as well so …. But don’t know if I mentioned it last time but “Love Life Drawing” has been particularly great. I have also been using the channel New Masters Academy for additional poses for the gesture drawings.
Anyway that’s all for this post. Have to get some sleep. Below are all of my practice sheets from this session. Enjoy.