08-23-2014, 05:07 AM
Speed shouldn't factor into your abstraction of a gesture drawing. I'm not saying that you should sketch exactly what type of joint there is in gesture drawing. What I am saying is that a gesture drawing is an abstraction of the human body and it seems like you're doing yourself a disservice in the way you handle that.
If you take a look at several of the big anatomy teachers (Bridgman, Loomis, Vanderpoel, Vilppu, Hogarth and all those guys) none of them apply a method similar to what you're doing and for good reason. I don't want to tell you that what you're doing is wrong because there is no "wrong" or right way to do any of that but I'd advise you to consider other methods that have proven to help countless students for several years.
I strongly advice you to study the methods of great anatomy teachers because I genuinely believe that it will be beneficial to your learning. A lot of learning anatomy comes from studying the methods of classical artists, not just drawing the figure as you see it.
If you take a look at several of the big anatomy teachers (Bridgman, Loomis, Vanderpoel, Vilppu, Hogarth and all those guys) none of them apply a method similar to what you're doing and for good reason. I don't want to tell you that what you're doing is wrong because there is no "wrong" or right way to do any of that but I'd advise you to consider other methods that have proven to help countless students for several years.
I strongly advice you to study the methods of great anatomy teachers because I genuinely believe that it will be beneficial to your learning. A lot of learning anatomy comes from studying the methods of classical artists, not just drawing the figure as you see it.
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