Gesture drawing: A gesture drawing is usually a quick, often simple drawing that captures the essential feeling, energy, movement, action, or pose of the subject. It contains a minimum amount of information (line, tone, markings) to achieve the maximum results of the essence of the subject. It can be realistic, but is not always. It does not try to capture anything “photo-realistically” but instead alters reality down to its purest form to tell the story of the scene being drawn.
Objectives:
- Introduce Gesture Drawing
- Continue Line Art Assignment
- Requirements:
- 3 images (one on each art board)
- Use any drawing tools (Pen, curvature tool, pencil, brush)
- 1 image must be a face
- 1 image must be a bust (waist up)
- 1 image must be a full body action picture that depicts motion
- You must use a variety of line qualities (ex. line thickness, line weight, different brush strokes)
Closure: Gesture Drawing Tips