******👈🏾 Back

 ******📚  ***[Study Home](<https://strong-bay-811.notion.site/Learn-with-Me-289963eda7b7417483e88d396890595b>)***

******🏡   ***[Journal Home](<https://strong-bay-811.notion.site/Aham-s-Second-Brain-48759bc8a8804f52aef56cfddfc58fd4>)***

<aside> 📝 *“…at no point in a gesture drawing should you be worried about developing a likeness, or drawing contour lines. Focus on the movement caused by the line use - think of these drawings as being abstract exercises in using line to move the eye.”

• Michael Hampton - Figure Drawing and Invention.*

</aside>

<aside> 🏁 Prep Checklist

• [ ] Got Snacks 🍪
• [ ] Got Water 🥤
• [ ] Got your Note 🗒️
• [ ] Timer Running ⏱️
• [ ] Background Music Playing 🎧

Start! 🏁

</aside>

https://studywithme.io/aesthetic-pomodoro-timer

https://flocus.com/retro-anime-clock/

https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/3M8ujVP1QVn6DT3fORDfbi?utm_source=generator

https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3LZH4R3omyVz14FH7bjIi0?utm_source=generator&theme=0

Contents

• Related Books
• Freehand Drawing Exercise 🏋🏾
• Gestures 🫴🏾
• Form Intersections 🤝🏾
  • ***Eyestraining: Form Intersection*** 🪢
• Figure Drawing 🦴

Related Books

Untitled

<aside> 🧠 Favorite Tips

• Dedicate as little as 5 mins of every practice time to some freehand drawing exercises - lines, ovals, whorls. They are conditioning exercises for your hand. It’ll will help you loosen your wrist and shoulders; prevent cramping and make your strokes and lines more fluid and confident.
• Incorporating pressure practice into this ☝🏾will give you better control of your pencils/pens. Your lines, strokes and final pieces will thank you! </aside>

Freehand Drawing Exercises 🏋🏾

1) Longform Video Practice

https://youtu.be/WRQ8_oVt9nM?si=6pduCmK6Gr0_N5tA

2) Shortform Video Practice

https://youtube.com/shorts/QUM1MXjsDvA?si=ASecuOEhIMEH90KW

Circles & Eclipses

https://youtube.com/shorts/JLQEXTdHPG8?si=ijx-K6AYa27bC_hx

Lines

https://youtube.com/shorts/3sWBc3qUet0?si=9hyfKxI2SBKS3gDL

Lines & Pressure

<aside> 🧠 Favorite Tips

• Map out your shape in ghost lines as you start your sketch to help you envision the outcome better!
• Draw from your shoulders and your elbow, not your wrist. This will improve your posture, make your sketches looser and more fluid.
• Consider standing while drawing to make movements easier! </aside>

Gestures 🫴🏾

At the core of gesture drawing is building a concentrated sense of intention. The goal is to only make lines that are intentional to the development of the drawing. Gestures are there to help the artist grasp/communicate.

• composition and story - acting,

• movement

• balance/weight (line of action) and

• proportion,

These are communicated through eight parts of the body split in 2 categories;

• Larger/heavier areas of bone

  • Head
  • Ribcage
  • Pelvis

• Thinner, more flexible areas

  • Spine
  • Arms (2)
  • Legs (2)

Gestures are achieve using ONLY “C” “S” “I” Curves and Wrapping lines

These are the ONLY lines we’ll need for showing a figure - The C curve, the S curve and the Straight line “I” curve.

Wrapping lines are curves that move on top and across the form to indicate perspective - position/movement through space. They are excellent for foreshadowing (observing change in length/distance).

<aside> ✍🏾 Bits to Recall

• Understanding the line of action = Understanding the balance in gesture drawing.
• Resist the temptation to add details or measure any proportions early on in the process as this could make the drawing stiff.
• Wrapping lines (also called contour lines) run along the surface of an object, providing information about how the surface flows through space in 3D. They describe direction and show the movement of the body part they are on. Video 9 - Foreshortening 👉🏾 linked here </aside>

Into The Thick of it - Longform Video Practice

Form Intersections 🤝🏾