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Gesture Drawing

Gesture drawing is a loose drawing technique that captures the movement, basic shapes, and weight of an object or figure in 3 sentences or less. It involves scribbling lightly at first to feel the subject and capture the whole quickly without details, using arm and shoulder movements to exaggerate the action before building up weight and marking the action line with just a few lines to indicate movement underneath.

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Gesture Drawing

Gesture drawing is a loose drawing technique that captures the movement, basic shapes, and weight of an object or figure in 3 sentences or less. It involves scribbling lightly at first to feel the subject and capture the whole quickly without details, using arm and shoulder movements to exaggerate the action before building up weight and marking the action line with just a few lines to indicate movement underneath.

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Gesture Drawing

D R AW I N G , M R S . L E W I S
What is Gesture Drawing?
A loose drawing
that captures
movement, basic
shapes, and
weight of the
object or figure
Why do Gesture Drawing?
1. Warm Up
2. Capture the Essence
3. Active Thinking and Planninng
Draw what you see, NOT what you
think you see!
Loose scribbles, no details
Capture the WHOLE object
quickly
Feel the subject Action Line Techniques and
Start lightly and then build Tips!
weight
Use your arm and shoulder
Look at the big picture
Exaggerate the action
Mark the Action Line
What does that mean?
Using just a few lines to indicate
the action (or movement) of the
figure
Goes underneath the gesture
drawing
2-3 lines
Work from
light to dark!

Get the feel


of it down first
and then
darken the
different parts
of the form(s)

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