The secret to a successful gesture drawing is concentration and a quick hand.
The more you practice these, the better you will become. . .
Here's the challenge -- Take less than 20 seconds to capture the gesture of each figure. . .
Take your sketchbook and a pencil or pen and do gesture drawings anywhere -- your kids shooting baskets, a friend playing an instrument, your pet chasing a ball, children playing in a playground, people at an airport, even trees blowing in the wind . . .
Create scribbly, loose, flowing lines to capture the gesture of someone -- or some thing -- (no erasers allowed). Think more about the expression of the "thing", rather than the way the thing looks.
In these gesture drawings, try to capture a sense of movement and life force -- ignore details!
Begin with a form of scribbling that feels natural to you. Then, after looking at the figure, start drawing with this scribble, keeping the whole form going at once. Don't get stuck on a part of it -- like the head or face -- try to ignore that.
Feel the pose in your own body -- even taking the position yourself -- to feel it from the inside.
Try doing some gesture drawings for a few minutes a day, every day for a week.
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