Towards the end of the session I started to get into the groove and work story ideas into the sketches rather than getting caught up in anatomy.
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Another skirmish in the gesture class
I struggled a lot in Gesture Class last week. Alex Woo was back leading the class & he encourages us to relate the pose to story. Before putting pencil to paper think of a situation or character and let that inform the sketch. It does affect the decisions you make while drawing and should make for more interesting poses. However with 30secs-2mins I found it tricky to come up with a scenario AND get the pose down. Everyone else made amazing sketches where the model was a ballerina or diving into a swimming pool. I must work on this. I feel like I went backwards in my drawing but forwards in my thinking.
Towards the end of the session I started to get into the groove and work story ideas into the sketches rather than getting caught up in anatomy.
Towards the end of the session I started to get into the groove and work story ideas into the sketches rather than getting caught up in anatomy.
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Looks like you're doing just fine, though I'd love to see some of the work of the other members of your class. Know of any blogs I should check for that?
It's funny, the others seem equally embarrassed by their own drawings as I am of mine! They don't post their results often but I think you can find older posts from gesture class on the blogs of Alex Woo, Grant Alexander maybe John Nevarez and Daniela Strijleva.
sounds like a great exercise. Love your take on the levitating Buddha pose. Keep sharing!
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These posts really are good to see. I actually went to the lifedrawing classes in Bristol over the summer (after a two year break because of uni), and Will mentioned you on more than one occasion to me. I would've loved to chat to you about your work, so this is the next best thing!
It took me so long to get out of that habit of, not thinking before I draw. I used to be so impatient and rush my drawings. So cool to hear about your experiences Matt! Thanks for sharing! Pete
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wow, looks like a super active model - sweet studies!!
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