Use the provided reference images to draw different poses.
Focus on foreshortening by adjusting line lengths to show depth.
Apply wrapping lines to emphasize form.
Work on different angles:
- Front and back views – Maintain the natural asymmetry of the spine.
- Crouching and leaning forward – Adjust spine lines to show compression (pinch).

Key Skills:

Capturing depth and movement
Understanding how the body bends and twists
Making confident, expressive lines

Final Notes:

Think about the flow of the pose.
Don’t worry about perfect details—focus on the gesture and structure.
Have fun and good luck!

Deadline - submit by March 25, 2025 for a chance to be in the critique video!

Randy P

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First posting for this course as I just finally feel like I’m getting the hang of this approach. I’m so used to thinking about pinch and stretch on contour and it took some time to understand the idea of using lines and the ‘formula’ just for notation and not form. Still a bit unclear to me when to close a limb shape versus leaving it open, and how to connect limbs to the torso. For example it seems to be normal for a femur to just penetrate the notation of the pelvis, but then connecting the humerus requires special rhythmic connection lines. Would appreciate any feedback on these and pointers where I’m missing the mark.

Lane Campbell

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did a total of ten, took me about 40 minutes total so roughly 4 minutes each

Yevhen Syrchin

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22d

my gestures with a 1 minute timer

Blue

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23d

I feel like you were right and that no one should even look in my direction after I have just completed 30 gestures. I started with a four minute timer and then went as low as a minute to see what results it produces and well, some might have been a little *too hasty* in 60 seconds. Anyway, glad to have been a part of the fun, I think I have gotten slightly better at this but oh well, long way to go. Previously, I used to just wing poses without a gesture and a lot of the times I did end up having to go back and redo them multiple times. Since I started this course, I *always* start my drawings with a gesture and let's just say, it was quite an improvement. Thanks, Mr Hampton!

Josh Fiddler

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26d

Was away for a week, and managed to get back to this yesterday and today. Yeah, after doing most of these in the last couple hours, my brain feels a little mushy. Had a tough times with the two in the third image on the left 2nd and 3rd rows. Will definitely redo those a few times.

wa wat

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1mo

Yevhen Syrchin

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30d

awesome practice! great job👍

Yevhen Syrchin

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1mo

these from imagination, really liked the 3rd and 4th

Double O

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1mo

Not particularly proud of these. They look too stiff, IMO.

Yevhen Syrchin

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1mo

good practice! In my opinion, you need to pay attention to proportions and to conveying the rhythm, not the contour of the figures. Keep practicing and over time you will be more satisfied with your result, I think the main thing now is to have fun practicing!

Zander Schmer-Lalama

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1mo

This was difficult lol, but I tried my best. I think the best one I did was the image 1 pose. Feedback would be appreciated!!

@shaun_m

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1mo

Challenging for sure! I felt that changing the pose slightly in the more difficult poses helped me understand things a bit better.

@hastings_jon

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1mo

Think I need to learn how the spine works when turning the head! Tricky!

@looming

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1mo

some poses were harder than others. will keep reviewing these lessons. i found the male references a bit easier to use generally. maybe because the structure is boxier and easier to see. will continue to work on finding better structure in the female figures

Mon Barker

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1mo

My lines are too stiff but these past few lessons of the course have basically been revelatory for gesture drawing methodologies. This systematic approach really does help. Think I mostly avoided Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man effect….