Stiff drawings? How to make drawings that are full of life

Do you struggle with your drawings looking stiff and lifeless? In this video I’ll explain the 3 elements that create stiffness in your drawings and give you 4 strategies to help you bring that lively quality back.
When you’re annoyed with your stiff figure drawings, or any other drawings that look stiff it can be frustrating to keep going. In this lesson you’ll learn how to make your figure dynamic and bring a sense of movement and aliveness back into your art.
You will understand why your old drawings look stiff and gain strategies on how to fix them. The offered solutions cover both gesture and quick sketch drawings as well as more rendered, tonal drawings.
Materials I use in this video: 4B Wollf's Carbon Pencil on smooth Newsprint, Cretacolor Neros for the value drawings
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[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for watching! Which of the 4 solutions are you excited to experiment with?

[@aceofspades1001]

The connections

[@CarolinPeters]

@@aceofspades1001 Excellent! Can't wait to hear how it'll pan out for you :)

[@wileycom]

A very heartfelt thank you. I’m sitting here,literally in tears, because, for the first time I am able to comprehend bringing life to the gesture and how to set myself on a trajectory of practice. I’m new to you channel and just subscribed. I am totally self taught, started this journey during covid lockdown. This video (your channel) is a New Years gift from the Art Gods! Seriously, your astute grasp of the subject of drawing and clear, concise communication are so so appreciated!

[@CarolinPeters]

Omg, that makes me so happy to hear. All my best for your drawing journey!!!

[@sammers9139]

Love your work Carolin. That is drawing 101, 102, 230 and all the way upto 540. Just an incredibly awesome video tutorial.

[@CarolinPeters]

Hey, thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad you think so :) Happy drawing to you.

[@melissayes3161]

Gesture didn't make sense for me until I got your channel recommended! Thank you!

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay, another gesture breakthrough. So happy it's making more sense now to you!!!

[@PPPing498]

I'm Thai and I think your vid is straight to the point, informative with proper and useful knowledge. I can see your effort when you drawing and I learnt a lot from you and wish I could have good perspective as you someday. I'm glad you're back with this video and your channel is deserved more subscribers and viewers.

[@CarolinPeters]

Thank you for your kind words. It makes me happy to know that my videos are helpful for you. Happy drawing to you!

[@Artofmira]

This video is amazing! Thank you so much. I'm studying with alll the playlist for figure and gesture

[@CarolinPeters]

Love hearing that! Let me know how it goes!

[@veryrandomvideos]

Can you please make a video about using gestures in a fine drawing?

[@CarolinPeters]

Love that idea!

[@billgallagher8182]

So enlightening. I love your instruction Carolin!

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay! So glad it's helping you out!

[@PeterHenrichsen]

Hi, I've just found this channel! It's all the technique I've missed at my weekly croquis course (nude model drawing). Thank you so much, Carolin! All best from Copenhagen, Denmark, Peter :)

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay! I'm so happy my videos are helpful for you. I love using CroquisCafe for references, too. Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any drawing questions on your mind for me.

[@mainankesayangannoya512]

Sangat bermanfaat

[@tmaslov63]

You are the best art teacher online and as I went to art high school I can surely say better than them too. Thank you so much. You ve helped tremendously

[@CarolinPeters]

Aww, Tina, you're making my day! So happy I've been of help to you ☺️

[@toonybrain]

Chock-full of invaluable information. I appreciate the tip about holding the pencil in an overhand posture for a looser variation in line and tone. It’s actually scary to release the death grip, the “control.” 😄 Before I learned about gesture drawing, I used to ponder in frustration what the key was to “life” in drawing. My people and creatures were lifeless and stiff. Your explanations are comprehensive and clear through your sketching examples. Thank you.

[@CarolinPeters]

Wonderful! So happy it answered your questions. Happy drawing!

[@Ha-wk8ms]

I just subscribed to your channel! 💕 I enjoy watching your videos. You motivate me to keep practicing 💕 Thank you

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay, I'm so happy to hear that. Let me know what drawing questions you have for me.

[@patriciavanorsouw-kirkman9978]

Thank you so much for this Carolin. I just discovered you via Instagram and very happy I did :-) I'm struggling with my materials - I find charcoal much too black and heavy, could you let me know which materials you use?

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad you're enjoying my videos! If charcoal is too aggressive for you at this point I recommend the Cretacolor Nero blend. These pencils are a blend that behaves like a graphite pencil but allows for richer darks, almost like a full charcoal. If you're working on a Newsprint pad with a smooth texture (most are rough) I recommend trying out the Wolff's Carbon pencils. They are smoother and less powdery than regular charcoal pencils and therefore easier to manipulate, but they are very dark. One last option I like is a black colored pencil that has a creamy texture, like a Prismacolor. Last thing I'll say is that you'll want to have your paper padded well. Don't just have a single sheet of paper on a wooden surface. You'll want to have lots of sheets underneath as padding, which allows for more value variation within your strokes. Let me know how your experimentation shakes out! Good luck!

[@ArttuTheCat]

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[@CarolinPeters]

Hi there. Nice to meet you and happy drawing to you!

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@CarolinPeters Thank you 😸😺👍. And hey, the more we practice, the more skillful we will always be 😸😺👍.

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