Proko - Finding Line Confidence With Gesture

Finding Line Confidence With Gesture - Part 1

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Finding Line Confidence With Gesture - Part 1

Eliza Ivanova

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Hi Eliza. I’m really enjoying this course so far. I’m wondering how you decide which direction to do the hatching or cross hatching strokes? thanks so much Moyra

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Overthinking causes you to search too long for the right mark. This makes your drawings feel clunky and stiff. In this lesson, I demonstrate how to build line confidence through a specific gesture drawing routine. You will watch me perform a 15-minute drawing without a warm-up and compare it to my work after a full session of gestures ranging from 15 seconds to 15 minutes.

You will learn exactly what to prioritize at every time interval. I explain how to capture the silhouette and line of action in seconds before layering on volume and details. This process forces you to make quick decisions. It stops you from cutting corners and helps you get into a groove where drawing feels natural and efficient.

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Eliza Ivanova

Overthinking is the quickest way to make your drawings look stiff. You need to build line confidence by trusting your marks instead of searching for them. The best way to train this muscle is through rapid gesture drawing because it forces you to make quick decisions. This warm-up helps you get past the initial stiffness so your longer sessions flow naturally.

@arij

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In one of your portrait videos you mentioned that when you contour draw a portrait you originally learnt the traditional way and that helps you to keep in mind where features etc should be. Can you tell me what was the method you learnt. Was it loomis, reilly or something else?

Moyra Le Blanc Smith

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Hi Eliza. I’m really enjoying this course so far. I’m wondering how you decide which direction to do the hatching or cross hatching strokes? thanks so much Moyra

Patrick Bosworth

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Hey @Moyra Le Blanc Smith! Glad you're enjoying the course! Here's a free video from comic artist David Finch where he covers the basics of crosshatching! https://www.proko.com/lesson/how-to-cross-hatch-for-comics-david-finch There are so many ways to approach hatching in your work, and every artist has their own way of doing it. You could take look at how Eliza and other artists you love use crosshatching in their work with a Masterstudy, where you study, not just copy, how the artist uses lines. By studying and drawing your own version of a piece you love you can get an idea of how they think with and use hatching in their work! Hopefully this helps get you started!