Steve Lenze
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2yr
Hey Lucas,
Remember the bean is the torso and pelvis and how they relate to each other. In the picture of the three women we are looking up at them, so the lower part of the bean would overlap the upper part. You also are showing the top of the bean, which we wouldn't see because of the perspective. I did a sketch to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
Lucas
2yr
Thanks for the help again, @Steve Lenze !
But I'm a bit confused, the left woman has her pelvis/legs in a plane somewhat parallel to the paper (both her knees are pointing to the right, the pelvis even more parallel) while the chest area seems to be turned towards the view, so less parallel to the plane of the paper. Isn't it so?
I tried sketching using the mouse to show what i'm reading from the photo, but I might be wrong!
If what i'm reading is correct, then would the upper part of the bean overlap the bottom one due to the slight twist?
Cheers!
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Getting into Beans2yr
Today i had the first contacts with the bean videos. I still need to wrap my head around twisting and foreshortening, but this feels easier to approach than the gesture, at least at first.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on what i could be focusing moving forward.
Cheers!
2yr
Here's a few gesture exercises from today. tried focusing on making the lines of action longer and more expressive.
2yr
The gestures are good but I think you should start looking at figures more in 3d than just 2d photographs
For example in the 7th photo, Veronica's left leg is actually in front of her right leg, as in your drawing it seems behind, thus looking unnatural.
I'm not saying that you draw the whole but just indicate it with a cylinder or a box whichever you may like (I personally use the cylinder as it is anatomically more correct)
Other than that these look great
Nice work!
2yr
I certainly need to work on the 3 dimensionality of the forms, i struggle a lot when there are torsions, specially with the chest/hip areas or when there are body parts in different planes. I'll keep an eye out for that, thanks!
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2yr
Hey tiozebra,
I like what you have done here, you have really embraced the idea of gesture in your drawings. What I suggest is that you try to describe the pose from head to toe with as long of a gesture line as you can. Try to use "S" curves and "C" curves. Also, the limbs can be described with gesture lines as well. I did a couple of sketches to show you what I mean, hope it helps :)
2yr
Thanks a lot for the tip, Steve, it seems i've been focusing too much on specific blocks instead of looking at the figure as a whole. I'll post the last sketches i did, but i'll certainly keep an eye out to avoid this kind of mistake again.
Thanks for taking the time for the help, it really is appreciated!
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Drawing Gesture, first class2yr
Hello! I'd like to share the first two days of exercising gesture drawing. If there's anything that should be tackled fisrst to avoid bad habits or fundamental mistakes in how to convey gesture, please, let me know!
Cheers!
2yr
This is day 1 of gesture drawing. I have pretty much no experience drawing, so if there's a visible fundamental mistake, please let me know!
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