03-10-2018, 10:14 AM
This is a really good study method, you're gonna be learning a lot here by deconstructing your process. Gesture in itself is about free mark-making, so it makes sense that if you're trying to copy shapes it will struggle (I have the same issue with losing gesture as I consolidate anatomy/lay-ins).
I don't know if you know about action lines, but when you're doing gestures, try to reall nail where the weight of the pose is headed. It can help to draw literal arrows across the figure, through the spine and limbs.
I don't know if you know about action lines, but when you're doing gestures, try to reall nail where the weight of the pose is headed. It can help to draw literal arrows across the figure, through the spine and limbs.