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Gesture Drawing

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Gesture is… <ul><li>Active thinking </li></ul><ul><li>Quick sketches based on careful observation </li></ul><ul><li>A method of training your hand to quickly sketch what the brain has already seen </li></ul>

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Gestures from Michelangelo,

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Rembrandt, and Da Vinci.

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A gesture is not only a quick sketch for an artist but also an way to prepare for a finished work.

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beginning a gesture <ul><li>Look for the Directional Lines – in what different directions does the form move? </li></ul><ul><li>Imagine there is an invisible line running through the form describing the body’s motion. </li></ul><ul><li>The more lines you can use to describe the motion of the legs, arms, and head the better </li></ul>

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You are not capturing what the figure or object looks like, but what it is doing.

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Adding shapes to the directional lines… <ul><li>Once you have the directional lines in place, add the “big” shapes of the body. </li></ul><ul><li>It is important to remember the torso is divided into two sections! </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Finally, use your gesture to think about how different parts of the figure work together. </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Shoulders </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Elbows </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Knees </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Hips </li></ul></ul>