Bundle discount Each additional course part in your cart adds 3% off all courses, up to 15% off.
Full course
Dive into gesture drawing's why, what, and how, mastering techniques like the 16-line method and shape gestures to capture the figure's essence.
$125
Gesture drawing is a fundamental skill and one that many artists find difficult to approach, but in this course, I'll be showing you how I tackle this subject and give you everything you need to draw gestures with ease.
My name is Rosemary Nkeiruka Eze am from Nigeria.i love it here.i hope am welcomed
Probably a weird question, and I'm not sure if it's even really possible to answer, but here it is.
I took a gesture drawing course from a guy named Brent Eviston on Udemy. It was useful, but felt a bit lacking in detail in my opinion. Would this course be right for me having done that other course?
•
30d
Sure. I think the information I cover could pair with any previous teaching.
Hi. Would practicing this course with a brush pen work okay?
Thanks!
•
1mo
Sure! I think the ideas presented apply to any medium.
Does this include hands and feets?
•
2mo
Yes, it does include sections on how I use gesture for the hands and feet.
I have a question. I've read your book and have been doing a lot of gesture practice, but I'm still trying to understand where gesture ends and construction begins.
Sometimes I feel like I can only make a very cartoonish gesture but if I try and make a more realistic gesture it either turns into construction and stiffens up or a contour drawing that loses that energy of gesture.
When I watch you draw, it feels like you’re able to move fluidly between gesture, structure, and anatomy without the drawing losing its sense of life.
so my question is: when does a drawings stop being gesture and become something else?
•
2mo
I always feel like the gesture goes away during the construction phase. My plan for the overall approach though is that the anatomy reintroduces a fluidity once put on top of the construction. Hope that helps with your question.
Should I take this course before your Figure Construction course, or do they stand alone?
•
2mo
It might be helpful. However there is a short section on gesture and process in the Construction course if you are already familiar with gesture.
do i need this if i have figure drawing fundamentals of stan?
•
2mo
If you found yourself struggling in the Gesture part of the Figure Drawing fundamentals course, or want to work on a couple diffferent styles/methods for drawing gestures then this course would work for you. But if you were confident and feeling good about your Gestures then you could try a more advanced figure drawing course
Hi I just had a quick question about the shape/part to part method. Are shapes and volumes essentially the same thing? As in when I draw a shape in the part to part method should I be thinking of these gestural shapes as volumes?
•
2mo
I separate the shape and volume into distinct steps but you can think of them as the same if it helps. My steps were 1. Shape 2. Gesture 3. Perspective ( (volume) to help manage the unique qualities of a part. You can shuffle these steps or create your own list if it helps make the process smoother and more personalized.
Will this course help me draw from imagination?
•
2mo
It might be a good first step. It would help specifically with posing figures with intention and with an emphasis on story/communication.
Hi @Steven Michael Hampton
I’ve been studying on Proko for about 2 years and I’m considering purchasing your Gesture course before the July sale ends.
For context, I’m currently taking my time working through Rembert Montald’s Ultimate Sketching Course.
Through my studies, I’ve realized that I’m most interested in drawing people, characters, clothing, and character design. My long-term goal is to improve my ability to design and draw original characters.
My question is about course order for your courses. After finishing your Gesture course, would you recommend the following progression:
Gesture → head and Face Construction → Figure Drawing
or
Gesture → Figure Drawing → head Face Construction
Or would you recommend a different order entirely?
I’d love to hear how you would structure the learning path for someone with my interests and current experience level.
Thank you for your time and for creating these courses.
•
2mo
Hi Tommy.
Thanks for the interest.
I'd recommend Gesture, Figure Construction, Drapery, and then Head Construction.
That being said, you could mix them a little if you're interests align differently.
Hope this helps.
Made some Terrible Gesture Drawings digitally….need help on how to make sketches cleaner and more accurate towards the original photo, first time in a while that I’ve switched traditionally to digital btw. Here are the gestures that I drew in a 1hr and 30 min session today from beginning to end.
Would you recommend using your book, "Figure Drawing: Design and Invention", as a supplement to this course?
•
3mo
It can't hurt if you want an overview of the whole process I'm following. The Gesture course itself will only cover the first chapter in the book.
Buongiorno Maestro, sono intenzionato ad acquistare questo interessantissimo corso. Volevo chiederLe se era previsto la correzione di alcuni disegni che realizzerò durante la visualizzazione del corso. Grazie mille e buona giornata
•
2mo
This course is a "completed" course so no additional lesson or critique videos will be coming out. If you want a chance to have your work critiqued in a video critique, then you can join a course as it goes live and follow along with the assignments as they are posted. Like as of today, Hampton's Drapery course will be going live in about a week and you would be able to follow along there to possibly get a critique.
Hope that helps!
Hi do we have to know some basic anatomy for this course? In your gesture videos on YouTube, you mentioned different parts of the body (femur, lumbar, etc.) while doing gesture drawings.
•
4mo
I don't think you do. I cover the basics of what you need to know in the course. No prior knowledge is necessary.
Quick question: do you suggest working on an iPad, graphite and paper, or ink and paper?
•
5mo
I honestly don't think it makes a difference. I'd go with whatever you enjoy using most. I think the concepts apply across the board.
Do you also go over how gravity affects the body in this course?
•
5mo
I do mentioned the idea of a center of gravity when discussing balance but it isn't an extensive lecture.
By any chance, Mr. Hampton, will you have any anatomy course?
•
2mo
It's gonna happen! It will come out sometime after the Drapery course is completed.
Sir i'm planning to purchase a course and i'm getting confused which one i need to purchase first as a beginner ? The gesture course or the Introduction to figure construction which one should i start learning first ?
•
6mo
I think the best order for the courses would be Gesture, Intro to Figure Construction, and then Head Drawing and Construction. Hope this helps!
Hey dude, this course helped me a lot, like A LOT! I learnt how to make the gestures correctly, rather than just looking at a reference and... FAILING. The gestures were wonderful, but I don't know how to draw realistically - I draw more anime-ish style, so I wanted to ask if you could make like an anime lesson. Oh yeah btw, here's the drawing I made from ur lesson
The Gesture Course