@kirstiealexandria969 That is true. The way I teach gesture drawing, however, insists that you don't lift your pencil from the paper, either. People take for granted the fluid flow that is easier to achieve, when you don't stop in the middle of said flow to find another arbitrary spot to start drawing. Artists who master gesture drawings aim for ten seconds or less when drawing them, and when your arm is moving that fast you create a lot of energy and momentum, key elements of great gesture. :)
@ELITExSHINOBI A contour is a slow and deliberate drawing that requires you to painstakingly follow the contours of a figure or form, with your hand and eyes moving along the same point that you are viewing and drawing at the same time. A typical contour drawing could take around a half an hour or more to draw.
A gesture is similar, in that your eyes and hands should be working together, but rather than drawing the contour/edge of the forms, you are instead drawing motion, not details in <30secs
no offense but you would fail gesture drawing at my art school. that being said, i looked at ur website/deviantart and the comics stuff is pretty cool.
Well. not using your eyes to follow your pencil you grasp no intentional hand skill. your brain will link your hand movements with different synapses that will incorporate what is seen to a given movement. You will also spend more time with the eyes on the subject and thus understand shapes more because of the heavier times spent looking. If you use your eyes while drawing you are learning to move your hand with specific aim. Your synapses are being built to understand which movements to make.
Try not to look at your drawing as much as you can. It will interrupt your flow of drawing, and slow your progress.
This is why I say it's important to keep the pencil, or whatever tool you draw with, down on the paper, as if you keep lifting it off you will have to keep finding where to place it back down at, again interrupting the flow of the drawing.
Thanks for the love. Unfortunately for you, I am an artist, and you have no clue what these exercises are for. But thanks for the energy and time you've given me!
That's exactly it. I hate getting marker, graphite, and other mediums on my hand, and then smearing them across the page.
:D
Randomly, another idea I had that somebody found useful was for perspective. Sometimes you need to set your perspective points way out far from the board you're drawing on, and what I do is set out pieces of tape on my table, then draw the perspective points onto the tape.
what's that on your hand, a glove? Do you wear that for medical reasons, or is that a good way to keep the graphite off your hand and not smear it around.
If it's the latter, I wish I had thought of that first. So simple!
If you are lifting your medium, then you are paying more attention to the drawing than the model. One goal of gestural practice should be to get to a level where the artist does not need to even look at the paper, to get the entire figure down.
You do this, by having a continual flow on the page, and in your mind's eye, are able to know where on the page you are.
Any classic school of art, like that of Kimon Nicolaides, will teach you that the first rule of gesture is to not lift the medium.
There are also action drawings, and that doesn't require the continuous line, or keeping your medium down. For the sake of rhythm though, the pencil/pen/whatever, is usually best when kept down, or at least lifted as little as possible.
well, i guess everyone has different ways, i've been in fine arts classes for a decade and gesture was a bit different from each teacher, but none ever said use ONE CONTINUOUS LINE, except when i came to contour or blind contour drawings.
I just try to impress upon people that the gesture is really about rhythm, and knowing where your hand is on the page without looking at the page. (That comes with time.)
Drawing to me, is much like a sport. Athletes get into a good rhythm, and have a good game. Coaches will see this, and try to use time outs in order to disrupt that rhythmic flow that the athletes have, in order to take away that momentum.
I thought contour drawings were the ones where you don't lift your pencil.
kirstiealexandria969 4 months ago
@kirstiealexandria969 That is true. The way I teach gesture drawing, however, insists that you don't lift your pencil from the paper, either. People take for granted the fluid flow that is easier to achieve, when you don't stop in the middle of said flow to find another arbitrary spot to start drawing. Artists who master gesture drawings aim for ten seconds or less when drawing them, and when your arm is moving that fast you create a lot of energy and momentum, key elements of great gesture. :)
soulblazerz 4 months ago
What's the difference between contour and gesture drawing?
ELITExSHINOBI 1 year ago
@ELITExSHINOBI A contour is a slow and deliberate drawing that requires you to painstakingly follow the contours of a figure or form, with your hand and eyes moving along the same point that you are viewing and drawing at the same time. A typical contour drawing could take around a half an hour or more to draw.
A gesture is similar, in that your eyes and hands should be working together, but rather than drawing the contour/edge of the forms, you are instead drawing motion, not details in <30secs
soulblazerz 1 year ago
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I just have to say I was born awesome and I have no need to do this gesture faggotry.
tanyadawn555 2 years ago
no offense but you would fail gesture drawing at my art school. that being said, i looked at ur website/deviantart and the comics stuff is pretty cool.
technicalstylez 2 years ago
rofl,
that looked like a little kid scribbled on paper
dillpickleboocutie 3 years ago
That's what it is. It's an underdrawing, NOT a finished drawing you show your friends and family.
A gesture shouldn't look like anything, other than movements of form.
soulblazerz 3 years ago
Do you look with your eyes at your drawing while you are drawing?
or is it similar to contour drawing where you look at the object only?
hlywkar 3 years ago
does it really matter? youd get the same result either way
animatedamish 3 years ago
Well. not using your eyes to follow your pencil you grasp no intentional hand skill. your brain will link your hand movements with different synapses that will incorporate what is seen to a given movement. You will also spend more time with the eyes on the subject and thus understand shapes more because of the heavier times spent looking. If you use your eyes while drawing you are learning to move your hand with specific aim. Your synapses are being built to understand which movements to make.
hlywkar 3 years ago
Try not to look at your drawing as much as you can. It will interrupt your flow of drawing, and slow your progress.
This is why I say it's important to keep the pencil, or whatever tool you draw with, down on the paper, as if you keep lifting it off you will have to keep finding where to place it back down at, again interrupting the flow of the drawing.
soulblazerz 3 years ago
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looks like a shitty ass signature .. not a gesture .. dont call yourself an artist
cryoes 3 years ago
Thanks for the love. Unfortunately for you, I am an artist, and you have no clue what these exercises are for. But thanks for the energy and time you've given me!
soulblazerz 3 years ago
lol, wtf
bloodeternalxx 3 years ago
That's exactly it. I hate getting marker, graphite, and other mediums on my hand, and then smearing them across the page.
:D
Randomly, another idea I had that somebody found useful was for perspective. Sometimes you need to set your perspective points way out far from the board you're drawing on, and what I do is set out pieces of tape on my table, then draw the perspective points onto the tape.
And there's a random bit of helpfulness. :D
soulblazerz 3 years ago
what's that on your hand, a glove? Do you wear that for medical reasons, or is that a good way to keep the graphite off your hand and not smear it around.
If it's the latter, I wish I had thought of that first. So simple!
Klebkatt 3 years ago 4
you can definitely lift whatever medium you are using to gesture draw!and it doesn't have to be a continuous line. i surely agree with 2 and 3!
barefootspark 3 years ago
If you are lifting your medium, then you are paying more attention to the drawing than the model. One goal of gestural practice should be to get to a level where the artist does not need to even look at the paper, to get the entire figure down.
You do this, by having a continual flow on the page, and in your mind's eye, are able to know where on the page you are.
Any classic school of art, like that of Kimon Nicolaides, will teach you that the first rule of gesture is to not lift the medium.
soulblazerz 3 years ago
There are also action drawings, and that doesn't require the continuous line, or keeping your medium down. For the sake of rhythm though, the pencil/pen/whatever, is usually best when kept down, or at least lifted as little as possible.
:)
soulblazerz 3 years ago
well, i guess everyone has different ways, i've been in fine arts classes for a decade and gesture was a bit different from each teacher, but none ever said use ONE CONTINUOUS LINE, except when i came to contour or blind contour drawings.
i'll definitely try this more often!!
barefootspark 3 years ago
I have met instructors who say it's not important to keep your pencil down, also. The gesture is slowly becoming a lost art, in it's own right.
soulblazerz 3 years ago
I just try to impress upon people that the gesture is really about rhythm, and knowing where your hand is on the page without looking at the page. (That comes with time.)
Drawing to me, is much like a sport. Athletes get into a good rhythm, and have a good game. Coaches will see this, and try to use time outs in order to disrupt that rhythmic flow that the athletes have, in order to take away that momentum.
soulblazerz 3 years ago
Lifting the pencil from the page essentially does that. The best flow and rhythm you'll find, is uninterrupted.
But then again, it's not like aliens will drop from the sky and kill you if you *do* lift your pencil. ;)
soulblazerz 3 years ago