Daily Gesture Drawing at Home

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi guys, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any tips on drawing the figure while at home, in your sketchbook - any advice on how to keep a consistent drawing routine?! Leave a comment , and thanks again for tuning in.

[@purpleslippers8]

Find a moment in your day that you find yourself “doing nothing” and try to add gesture drawing into that nothing time. Listening to an audio book, taking a tea break from cleaning, etc. Don’t get upset if it doesn’t look right work the same gesture again till you feel comfortable. Try to about 10mins of 2 minute poses a day at least. Definitely look up more than one source for this topic if you aren’t showing understanding in your drawing because this is a tough topic. Finally, watch many artist do this. There are several styles when gesture figure drawing. You may be a hybrid of others.

[@Drawing-Life]

@@purpleslippers8 this is awesome advice! thanks for sharing this. Thats' so important to remember to use those moments when we're doing nothing as opportunities to get a quick gesture drawing or sketch in. 10 mins of 2 minute poses is such a small amount of time, and the payoff is so great. Also yes! there really are many styles of gesture drawing, good reminder!

[@purpleslippers8]

I’m honestly glad to hear you think so being that you are a teacher! I find something is better than nothing! You loose it if you don’t use it. Natural talent only takes you so far. Gesture drawing has been my adversary and an eye-opener for me about how much potential my work has. Thanks for sharing your talents and knowledge! I really hope more people find you!

[@themuls529]

Excellent advice and beautiful drawings. Wonderful style.

[@eileengoldenberg270]

Wake up very early every morning and start drawing then. I make a cuppa and have some quiet time before the world wakes up.. also just a note. I noticed that you are calling us “guys” , I know this is a habit, but we are not “guys”. Respect women by not calling us that. We are “artists, people, folks, etc. thanks very much.. your videos are great .

[@Simulated_aesthetics]

"You don´t have to finish it all" i needed to hear that

[@Poppies__]

I wish u put the photo reference on the side of the screen during the whole time so we can also see what ur seeing!

[@Drawing-Life]

I would love to do that, I'm just not totally sure about the issues around copyright since in these videos I'm working from photo ref from another channel.... hmmm I need to find out if it is okay to include photo reference that is not my own... ☺️ Thanks so much for watching though!!

[@383design]

I'm always amazed at watching this type of drawing, when it's more gestural. It feels very freeing, but I've never been able to do it. Maybe I'm too concerned with it looking perfect! I'll have to try. Anyway, it was really interesting (and kind of relaxing) to watch.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you! Yes, it's a great way to express the form, thank you for watching, so appreciate it :) !

[@doba6521]

Definitivamente los mejores contenidos en youtube se encuentra en ingles. You have a new subscriber

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you Pedro, that means so much! :) thanks for watching

[@alyfferalves593]

You have no idea how much this helped me

[@Drawing-Life]

@alyfferalves i'm so happy to hear that! :) thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Happy drawing! :)

[@hyenaLordSaveUs]

You’re videos are great. Thank you so much for posting 😊😊😊😊

[@curtissmith4951]

Thank you! It's so helpful to see you draw - your style is akin to my own but I struggle with the style of my gestures (they're all over the place). This in turns creates frustration that leads to avoiding them instead of facing them head on and fighting through. Your videos are encouraging, inspiring, and well-produced. ❤️

[@blakelycreative3171]

I like your approach to the beginning of the drawings. You are moving around the entire figure, "mapping" the form of the figure before adding the defining lines. Really helpful tutorial. Thanks so much.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thanks so much! That's great feedback to hear, appreciate it. Thank you for watching ❤

[@wendyzhu8608]

I have taken figure drawing courses from an art college. This way of drawing is really academic and beneficial to your understanding of human bodies! She is sooooo skilled at free hand drawing! I like the texture of her strokes! ❤

[@wendyzhu8608]

I'll definitely save this video to my playlist and review it more.

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

I never thought of drawing poses like the second one in that way. I'm gonna try it out :)

[@cbok]

Really inspiring me to get back into this. I used to do it as a kid and I am back painting now and selling my paintings (abstract expressionism) but I am constantly drawn back to figure sketching. Thank you for this video. 🙏

[@Leo_10100]

Thank you! It helped me a lot, my drawings now look more expressive and fluid, I no longer worry so much about the final result, the process is what I now enjoy much more. What a great video!

[@Drawing-Life]

Wow, great to hear that! That's the goal - to be in the moment of drawing, and not so focused on making it "look nice" :) thank you for watching and commenting!

[@GenesisBe]

So detailed, Thank you for sharing! you're work is phenomenal

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you!that's great to hear, i really appreciate it :)

[@valentinalevina7022]

Honestly, I loooove your gesture drawings! They’re amazing and full of life and energy🤍

[@Drawing-Life]

Wow thank you Valentina!! :) lovely to hear that, thank you so much for watching

[@tanmayshah7906]

I have never seen such fluidity in anyones drawing 👍👍

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Tammany, wow that’s so kind of you to say, thank you, means a lot! Thanks for watching

[@erasemenot]

I love being loose, but I quite often gravitate to making very structured and rigid drawings. Watching your videos inspired me to draw similar to you, wandering around with loose marks and committing where I feel. I had so much fun and absolutely love every page I drew today. It's interesting to look at the results and find marks that stand out to keep applying them later. Overall, focusing on mark-making is an excellent approach. Funny those drawing had even better proportions than they used to be when I was constructing the figure. I'm having a life-drawing session tomorrow evening. Let's see how it works live.

[@Drawing-Life]

@antonegorov thank you so much for this comment, this is awesome to hear, so glad that you stopped by to watch this video. How did life drawing work out?? I'm so curious to know did you find the gestural mark-making to be a more dynamic way to engage with the poses. And, btw I completely agree - I find the loose, wandering line can map out proportions really well! Thanks again for watching, really appreciate it!

[@erasemenot]

@@Drawing-Life When drawing from life I’m still too focused on the details and the final result. It took a while to get to looseness. But I’m happy with the results. And it’s flattering to hear a nice response from other artists when I shared my drawings after the session.

[@Drawing-Life]

That's great! It's a matter of practice from here, keep it up as a general approach and the process will become much more intuitive. Also, nice to hear that the other artists could give you feedback - it's so essential to have others respond to your work. You're so lucky to have live figure drawing! I miss it!!

[@raed_w]

I just discovered your channel.. you have really great videos, perfect quality and really interesting style..

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much! that's great to hear :)

[@michanowaczewski9561]

Your gesture drawing are beautiful ❤

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you Michał - that's really kind of you! Appreciate you watching :)

[@morsar2009]

Thanks for sharing friend

[@samankucher5117]

Thank you I draw along it was very helpful. like with no hesitation 🍀☀️❤

[@JamesDoane]

Thank you for your videos!! I binge watched several because your work is amazing!! When I was young, I took art lessons and he had me do quick sketches over and over… I hated it at the time, but those sessions are what made me a much better artist. I have found that now I don’t draw that way, but I love your method for figure drawing and actually think it fits my style better than the way I have been doing figure drawings (and the way everyone else does them). I have been doing a lot of digital portrait paintings, and I do a very rough quick style on those. I love the look of your work for figure drawings, and you have inspired me to try this and do more drawing for a while to try to get this method working for me. Thanks again!

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi James, thank you so much for your comment, that means the world, it is inspiring me to keep uploading!! :) thanks a lot. I I think being expressive and gestural in figure drawing can be so beneficial to other art practices, and even to drawing in a more structured and precise way, at least that's what I believe.

[@modernizemysite]

Figure drawing was one of my favorite things to do in art school :) Beautiful work! Just subscribed.

[@toddfullerton3930]

I love your style. Thanks for sharing.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much Todd! great to hear that really appreciate it

[@paul_domici]

So great! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@drawninwardart]

Excellent tutorial. Your drawings are beautiful very inspiring.

[@Drawing-Life]

Wow, thank you so much!! that's very kind of you, thanks for watching :)

[@drawninwardart]

Art Skills Online - I have all of your Udemy courses to work through and your instruction is very, very good too so you’re welcome b

[@Drawing-Life]

@@drawninwardart really!! that's so wonderful to hear, thank you! Be sure to message me thru udemy if you have any questions, or want feedback!

[@antarasengupta9000]

I wish you make more such reference practise videos. really helpful :).

[@jenniferD223]

You have completely inspired me, thank you ☺️ I’m going to dig out my materials and make an effort to draw daily.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Jennifer! That's so awesome to hear, so wonderful to get this comment! I'm delighted to know that, hope you enjoy the process of getting back into drawing and art making. Keep me posted :)

[@petitmonsieur7230]

Excellent it made me want to work on gesture again thanks for the video 😄

[@Drawing-Life]

Awesome to hear! Hope you do, let me know! :)

[@journeymansix]

I'd like you to speak about the feeling in the act of drawing. The reason is I get a sense of such calm from your approach. When I begin a drawing I soon find myself breathing hard feeling a bit anxious, and I think it's part of the process because of the intensity. So I'm wanting where this kind of core calmness comes from.

[@Drawing-Life]

@journeymansix wow that's a really great question!! I hadn't fully thought about doing a video about it (I mentioned it briefly just the other day in my last video), but I'll definitely look into explaining this aspect more fully in my next one. It's great that you bring this up as it really is an important part of the process. But, I will say, you might be surprised to hear that actually I'm never calm when I'm drawing haha!! Maybe it does look like that in the videos, but each drawing always feels very intense because my approach to drawing is to figure it out as I go, so more often than not, I don't know if I'm quite getting it "right". So, to hear you say that you feel a bit anxious when you are drawing to me is very normal! But certainly there is a lot to talk about on this topic, and I'll definitely try to put a video together about this. Thanks for such a great suggestion

[@yeobo]

loved this, i was able to draw from my mind for the first time in gesture drawing with this, i also altered the way i held my pencil and the grip

[@Drawing-Life]

@cal this comment has made my day :) thank you so much. So glad you got that from it, thanks for watching!

[@pdnhouse]

nicely done. it’s reminiscent of george bridgman’s life drawing texts. very helpful link.

[@Drawing-Life]

That's very kind of you to say!! thanks for watching :)

[@jnoididnot]

Your my favorite artist

[@Drawing-Life]

Ah thank you for saying that 😊 thanks for watching, means so much!

[@kinjalchatterjee3385]

this video really helped me a lot understanding certain view points and really opened my mind in a lot different ways!! Thanks a lot for this!!

[@Drawing-Life]

I'm really glad to hear this! Thank you for watching

[@نادرمحمد-ص6ف]

اشكرك علي توصيل المعلومه

[@seekingthequestion]

Love these videos ❤

[@krystal.spark123]

Nice gesture drawing 👍👍

[@swlbarely]

I think you go beyond the typical "how to" art video into an explanation of conveying the expressions you are feelling and seeing as you observe the model which launches into that deep artistic creativity that is not so easy to explain with words but you demonstrate it as you draw. Thank you so much for these lessons! For a beginner like me, is it better to use charcoal or pencil. I like the drama I can quickly do in charcoal, but I control pencil better.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much for this comment, it's wonderful to hear!! To answer your question, I think for a beginner, working with charcoal is a good option because it gives you the ability to get really expressive and thus to learn quickly about your own drawing language and your unique mark making. As you mention yourself a pencil leans more towards a controlled and careful approach, which I believe is best utilized once you have understood how you draw. I hope this makes sense! .... I will add however that any drawing tool also needs to be considered alongside the paper you are using. So, for example charcoal is not great on all paper - it works best on a paper like newsprint, and because this is cheap paper, it also gives you the freedom to make many drawings without worrying about wasting paper. Pencil on the other hand demands a better quality paper. So, keep that in mind. Thanks again for watching! :)

[@gidkideon]

Thank you again for posting these videos. It's a bit painful to let go and get out of my "must control" commercial art comfort zone, but even in 24hrs I'm seeing some progress in my work! Already things are a little more expressive, though I still have miles to go on finding my marks etc. 👍🙇

[@Drawing-Life]

That's amazing to hear! It does take a bit of a shift going from design thinking to responsive mark making :) But, don't underestimate how your marks are already there, and it can be an instantaneous breakthrough, once you see things differently. Personally I found 2 books really helpful for this: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, and The Natural Way to Draw. Hope that helps! At any rate, enjoy the journey!! :)

[@CorrieKempiiha]

I love your art style

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you Corrie! :) that's so nice to hear

[@artworm7533]

This is what I am looking for. Great work btw.

[@Drawing-Life]

@artworm thank you so much! Appreciate it al lot, thanks for stopping by :)

[@Dragoncourt112]

Deserves more subs

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you, that's kind of you to say, and thanks also for watching! :)

[@swag4life387]

I love the style

[@paintrag6939]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Love these gesture drawings. I think this is just what I need to begin a steady practice. Thanks for posting!

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much!! So glad to hear that, yes, this is a wonderful daily practice for a painter! Glad you subbed thanks :)

[@aquiledelrosa]

i love your videos, thanks a lot for do so much for that community

[@manishakhuraswar9221]

👍🏻very nice ma'am

[@bobbysands5385]

Beautiful work!

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much 😀

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

Damn, can’t wait to get to your level.

[@Drawing-Life]

Ha! you're too kind :) .... thanks so much for watching!

[@vennkostudios]

So glad I came across your video! It motivated me so much!! Just what I needed :D

[@Drawing-Life]

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!!

[@ElizabethSampson]

I love watching this come to life!

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you Elizabeth! :)

[@nicholasmutch3112]

I don't just like, I love your work. you've got another subscribe too. I wish to learn from you.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Nicholas. Thank you very much! That is wonderful to hear, I appreciate it :)

[@nicholasmutch3112]

@@Drawing-Life You are very welcome dear friend, I love the smooth flow of your line work, and line weight. I wish I could have had your tutorials/studies to help me 15 years ago when I was in school for it and struggled very much with trying to learn figure drawing, I have more difficulty relaxing, hence I have a tighter grip on the medium I am using also not allowing myself to let my arm relax and draw more freely as you can. Again, You're very welcome, I hope to see more from you :) you have great talent friend :)

[@mobinkhosravi4492]

Wow

[@Row.]

Good lord, these are absolutely beautiful! I always saw figure/gesture drawing as a practice tool, never really thought it could become something like this! I have to try a similar approaci sometime soon!

[@Drawing-Life]

Wow, thank you. Definitely try this approach, let me know how you get on! :)

[@adacollins4070]

Hi. I think you're a great teacher.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Ada, wow thank you so much for that, I so appreciate it :)

[@INKonix]

Thank you for the info. I'll definitely check out the links. Also stuck in quarantine, but using this situation to improve my skills.

[@satan8350]

Thank you for sharing anddd how to draw clothes in dynamic poses(e.g.jumping from the roof)?

[@Drawing-Life]

Will upload soon, that's a great idea

[@artman5703]

I think that you are an excellent artist and instructor and I'm a new subscriber. You should teach New Masters Academy classes!

[@Drawing-Life]

Wow, that's really so kind of you to say, thank you! I'm not sure myself about that, haha! But thank you very much for your kind words and support, it goes a really goes a long way to helping me have confidence to make these tutorials. Appreciate it!

[@purpleslippers8]

Fantastic video! Hope you’re still making videos!you really communicated this well.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much! yes i'm going to post videos regularly - i really appreciate your comment , thank you!

[@elhamazizmohammadi5610]

So helpful ❤🙏

[@Drawing-Life]

So glad!

[@vermillionvideos]

The paper seems to have perfect texture for charcoal pencils : Can you please reveal which brand of sketchbook this is and are these A4?

[@BaserbillionArt]

Great drawings!

[@Ghd_12]

amazing

[@paradisenauts]

Lovely drawings and suggestions!

[@franciscocastro7916]

Veni,vidi...and I subscribed. Greetings from Spain.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you !! :)

[@coreyjohnson2093]

Great video...very inspiring. New subscriber!

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Corey, thank you so much! Thanks for watching and subscribing :)

[@ahmedamin450]

Good

[@kimberleebrooks-trakis9563]

Thank you Thank you Thank you

[@Drawing-Life]

@Kimberlee Brooks-Trakis, so glad you watched my video, thank you 🙏 😊

[@harshikamehra2278]

it will take way long time to learn.You inspired me today, thank you so much Art Skill Online.

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you for watching!! I don't think it will take you a long time to learn - this approach is about focusing on how you see, and how you respond,, and that's quite a natural and instinctive thing... if you try to do it with analysis and anatomy then that will take time to learn because that approach is more focused on external skills.... I hope this makes sense! Keep drawing though, that is all you need :)

[@the7thseven873]

"Yes."✨😶🙌🏾

[@bennyvermeulen7255]

You got also qroquis cafe for drawing models online.

[@jnoididnot]

Wish I could take classes w ya

[@Drawing-Life]

Me too! :)

[@rmubcscc6681]

that style of drawing is very interesting my only problem is when i decided to finish the drawing i find lots of problem along the way like proportion and shading.

[@cripsudroiid452]

Simetría y sensualidad👽

[@georgsmith3668]

i feel like i get the idea, but i am so far away from hitting the proportions as well as you do in such a short time. Your drawings were really nice!

[@Drawing-Life]

Thanks! i think getting the proportions correct comes with practice - you could focus on that at first, but I feel as a beginner it's good to focus on making gesture drawings like this, it helps you eventually to master a very intuitive understanding of proportion, that is completely linked to your mark making, and i think that's a better approach, just my take on it though. :) Thank you so much for watching!

[@CreatewithKel]

Wow! You are so talented! Do you do florals? That's usually what I like to try to draw, but I'm not near as good as you. I'd love to see your tips!

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Kelly thank you so much! I tend to focus on the figure mostly, and portraits. Florals might be a challenge! haha. Although, i have been thinking of working with still life and using flowers, so thanks for the nudge, I'm going to try :)

[@Omarcomics911]

I r amazing artist I won't be like u

[@ARTehh]

i am worst at gesture drawing! hahaha thanks for this. Keep on posting ans sharing :-)

[@rolfarnquist8343]

Hi Siobhan, thank you for making this video. Very helpful as usual. Question, when you are doing work with charcoal in your sketchbook, do you spray the work with fixative or do you just leave it as is? Also, do you spray your work that you do on larger newsprint drawings? Thanks again for doing these videos, I learn so much!

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Rolf yes you definitely will need to spray charcoal drawings especially in your sketchbook, they'll get smudged as soon as you close up the book. For large drawings on newsprint, I'll spray if the drawing is worth keeping, otherwise i tend not to keep newsprint drawings that much, the paper itself doesn't hold up over time anyway.

[@TayTay-hm4le]

Great explanation, love your style and what type of pencils or pens would you recommend to use?

[@Drawing-Life]

Thank you so much for watching! To be honest I just use regular ball point pens..... It really depends on the effect or result that you want.... I guess it's good to experiment and see what pen gives you the best marks for expression. I like cheap ball point pens because they seem to draw very fluidly, and you can actually get a range of dark and light marks depending on how you use them; I also like that every mark stays in the drawing, unlike pencil that you can erase etc... Hope this makes sense! thanks again for watching :)

[@ZurickDesigns]

Great work! I could never do humans lol!

[@racoonattackable]

Hi, your videos are so awesome and helpful! Thank you so much

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi thanks for this awesome comment, great to hear this feedback :) Personally I prefer to draw standing, especially for figure drawing, but for these videos I tend to film the process top down, so it means I have to draw flat on the table. It's not ideal for me, but i've gotten used it. I think it also comes down to personal preference, I don't think it will make a huge difference to your drawing overall.

[@racoonattackable]

@@Drawing-Life thank you!

[@francescobiancardi9922]

Hi, I see that while you draw you hold the pencil in different ways, why do you do it? And what do you think is the best way to hold the pencil to draw in a loose and spontaneous way like you do? Thanks for the advice.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Francesco! thanks for watching! Great question... i should have mentioned it in the video. I purposely hold it in different ways to make the marks more varied. I try to not have a single style of mark all the way through a drawing (if that makes sense?). Also another reason is if I hold the pencil the way i do when i'm writing, that can lead to a very controlled response, or to a very "outline" kind of drawing - again, hope this makes sense? So often I'll switch to holding it from the very end, purposefully to not have control. I think it's best to experiment with your drawing materials and the way you hold the pencil. There's no best way to hold the pencil, i don't think, but the best approach is to keep challenging yourself, right? :)

[@francescobiancardi9922]

yes, I think so too.

[@nannenymous]

I first saw you on Skillshare and I love your style! I'm trying to do this on my drawing tablet. I'm just starting out so I was wondering if it helps to practice drawing the technical way first then loosen up later on or would it be better to just keep practicing and hope that the form will improve over time? I'm still getting my bearings on proportions.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi! Wow, that's great that you found me on Skillshare :) thanks for watching this video. My take on this would be to practice drawing with gesture first because it's a way to build up confidence in line work and expression. You can always layer on precision and technical details as you grow in your drawing style. Drawing basic shapes and symbols to break down the figure can help you to get a grasp on the proportions though, and for digital drawing, designing and animation that's often quite useful. The real key to unlocking your drawing though is observation, so for me gesture helps me to look at the pose or subject with more of a feeling sense than simply looking at basic shapes and forms. I would say, whatever way is more comfortable to you, focus on how you are looking at the subject. This will fast track you to getting proportions correct. The other thing I can recommend is to also keep a sketchbook as well as drawing digitally, and to draw from life if you can. Hope this helps, or answers somewhat of your question? Let me know! :)

[@vitthaldake2564]

Don't u prefer stick figures first to get the flow, cause I do, am I mistaken. And can suggest Jin Kim style face drawing insights plz do it for me plz

[@Drawing-Life]

If stick figures work for you then that's great. I prefer another way. For Jin Kim insights....ha - well not for me to say - that needs a masterclass, but check your eyes - most of his expressive faces are all about the eyes.

[@sepideh8749]

عالی

[@laresian]

whats the name of the pencil?

[@Drawing-Life]

I think it's a charcoal pencil, or a Conte pencil (I normally use Conte a Paris, it's a brand of pencil)

[@petreene4435]

Hello! I like this way of drawing, I am a beginner in the study of the body, anatomy and proportions. Where do you get those pictures of models. They are very expressive, I am looking for something like that me to. Thanks for the beautiful video

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Petre, thank you so much for watching! :) I usually use the figure drawing videos that are on New Masters Academy youtube page, you can look at their playlists, and they are all gathered there. I think in this video, I used Line of Action.com .... I prefer the poses on NMA, I find them to be very expressive and very well photographed. check them out, let me know what you think.

[@petreene4435]

@@Drawing-Life Thanks! I appreciate that you share your knowledge with us. Have a wonderful day

[@jiazhang5808]

May I ask waht's the charcoal pencil you are using?

[@Drawing-Life]

I think it's a pencil from a brand called Conté a Paris .... at least, that's the type of pencils I use the most, and can recommend them. It's not quite charcoal - I think conté is a mix of charcoal and crayon. Great to draw with. Hope this helps!

[@jiazhang5808]

​@@Drawing-Life Thank you so much for replying me, love your drawing so much, really inspired!! thanks for sharing!!!

[@Drawing-Life]

@@jiazhang5808 wow thank you, that is so kind, really appreciate that !

[@vincentcooper7181]

Good video, it would have helped to leave the photos on screen.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Vincent - yes, it's helpful to see the photos. I made a few videos where I do keep the photos on screen - but since they're not my images, I'm not sure about the copyright, so I need to find out if I can use them

[@Newlinemediaarts]

Hello, just wanted to say I love your work. I just started and I can't seem to find the joy. It's either too dark, too small, or cartoony. Anatomy isn't a strong point for me and I also tend to draw the entire subject. I even paused a 1 min pose just to draw the whole thing. I'm really struggling

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi, just know this is very common and we all tend to draw very controlled and tight at the beginning, and that's why the drawings don't look how we want them to. In order to free up a bit and find the expression in your work it really helps to not think about drawing "the figure" so much, and instead think about drawing the movement in the figure. It also helps to draw with continuous lines and allow your line work to move around the forms, instead of trying to draw the outlines. This may seem like "a trick" or "technique" but it leads you to understanding the process of drawing and once you are focused on the process more so than the outcome I think you'll start to engage with your joy in drawing. Anatomy will fall into place in time, but it's most important to just draw first and find your process that way. I really hope this helps - it's hard to answer fully in a comment, but hopefully this helps in some way - just let me know if you have any other questions.

[@Newlinemediaarts]

Thank you very much. I'll try to relax and approach it in a less controlled frame of mind. And I'll also try not to stare at any limbs that may turn out to be backwards that could break any non concentration.

[@Conceptsofsanket]

How a normal sketch help in digital arts except work as a reference for tracing ?

[@Drawing-Life]

I think it helps to improve your drawing skills overall. That way if you draw in digital software you'll be more confident.

[@prateek6502-y4p]

Hiii New subscriber here

[@Drawing-Life]

Thanks for subbing!!

[@stonesthrowfinn3995]

When's your next video going to be posted??

[@Drawing-Life]

Ha! ... well I'm planning on getting a video up by the weekend, I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks, so very keen to get back! :) Thanks for the nudge! so good to read this comment

[@milkvolume1711]

Have you heard of paul-talk. He has similar videos to yours

[@muhamadazfarz7810]

Idk why my gesture drawing always looks very stiff like stick man

[@katesill1987]

:-)

[@fabianvanheesewijk]

Could you turn down the music its really distracting

[@--ELSI]

Drawing on a index card, 💔.

[@kathrynoneill2480]

UGH I wish one of these figure drawing videos would actually have REAL BEGINNERS help. Even professors at colleges just throw people into the 2 min. Very Very frustrating when you've never done it before.

[@Drawing-Life]

Hi Kathryn, please check my recent video "How to Start Daily Gesture Drawing" , I explain how to draw 2 min poses; also I really recommend : Drawing 1 minute Gesture Poses, it explains the reason why you would even try to draw a pose in 1 or 2 minutes ( here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnSVkKOvj7mnpLc) One thought to consider: I think the reason we draw 1 minute poses, is to develop a way of expressing our response to a pose; so I can kind of see how professors might throw people into 1 or 2 min poses without much guidance, because the point is to figure out your response and how you draw based on that, and they can't be the ones to tell you how to do that, if that makes sense?? But I can also see how not knowing that can be frustrating from the outset. Hope this helps!! :)

[@pooWoo-lo5oh]

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