Haven't been keeping up

Thebighoss117,

Go slower when drawing your gestures. I know this should sound counterintuitive, but hear me out.

When we rush to draw, due to the time constraint, we make sketchy lines. Which causes us to make more lines than we need. (Ahhh! the time is ticking!! is a real hangup sometimes. -We all do it/get caught by its trap.)

But the problem with this trap is when we go in to expound on these sketchy unsure marks; they get us more lost and unsure of where to place our next line.(Ahhh! the time is ticking!! then hits even harder. Then the panic sets in.)

SO....To counter this problem, we re-draw these lines in the hope of correcting those lost or unsure or incorrect lines. And then we get hyper-focus on one detail area and get more lost then look at it and say,

"Oh, it's just a gesture". but then have more trouble with or long-term drawings. Then get frustrated, So we work on our gestures, trying to get better, and.....well, It's a vicious cycle.

But if you took the time to be slower and draw a more accurate stick figure. Not caring if you finish the figure, just that your line is as expressive and correct as you can make it. You won't get so lost, and then it's easier to build on those sure lines cause you can correctly identify and see where your next lines must go to make a more expressive, clean clear gesture drawing of the figure.

Try to make stick figures, you know, like the ones you made as a kid. But do them with your drawing knowledge of the human form. It may help you with the pressure and help you see better where to place your pencil with more accuracy. That's a maximum of five lines (one line for the body, 2 lines for arms and 2 lines for legs) and a circle AKA the head.

I hope this is helpful to your drawing future.

All the best,

JCML Fine Art

Good afternoon, Thebighoss.

Say, I really think that you've been doing the greatest in terms of drawing forces in your gesture drawings, and I feel that your strongest and unfaltering optimism is coming through to me. However, I'm not getting enough of most of the range of expression, emotion, and exaggeration in your most bodily poses. Would you please just care to go for livening up your pose drawings with 2 hours and 40 mins of 10 minute poses?

The reason why is because, if you want your goal to be the most totally concrete, then how about making making my observations and caricatures the least timidest and the flowing and intense?

And if wanna know more about gesture drawing exercises, I suggest you look into this video on the 8 minute drawing exercise below.

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Let's hope these help you out just as well. Thanks.