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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.
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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.
Hi! Is there some new material in this cours that is not in the newest gesture book with qr codes? Thanks!
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4d
I would say so. The book is a good companion for the course but the course itself is much longer (around 11 hours I think).
Hi. I am wondering how long is it generally expected for someone to complete this course?
I know it probably varies person to person,
But I am wondering if there is a baseline?
Ps I usually spend about 30 hours on course work per month.
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6d
It's really hard to say since I imagine the time it takes to do the assignments will vary. Maybe 1 to 2 months? Again difficult for me to put an specific number here.
Hi Michael, fabulous course thank you! I'm having some problems with parts often not aligning properly. Suggestions? Should I make a grid? Or put down key alignment points before drawing in the preliminary gesture arcs? what would those look like and when would they go in? Thanks!
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13d
Sure. I sometimes like to lay down the proportion chart I cover in the critique and build gestures off that. It can help clarify the relationship of line to the body helping with that overall alignment you mentioned. Otherwise, I've never played with using a grid or setting up key points.
Hi, would it be better to go through this course first then 'Introduction to Figure Construction' or the other way around?
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21d
I think doing this course first would make the most sense. Gesture is the first stage for most things I'll do.
Hi! In the last course i started
the subjects were split up into things that can be applied immediately with occasional review,
and things that would be added to a weekly practice.
I was wondering if this and the head construction course have anything that I would be adding to a schedule?
Right now I mainly practice basic gesture from live photo reference, and portrait with measuring proportions.
Can gesture help me with foreshortening? When it comes to more or less frontal figures, I don't really have any problems, but when I have to move the figure through space, especially toward me, I struggle.
It’s been a long time since I last saw you, Michael.
I actually completed this course 6–7 months ago, but I’m only posting about it now to say thank you.
Another course completed, and I can feel that I’ve become more confident with gesture drawing. My lines have become a little more decisive and less broken, and I’ve started to understand what gesture really is and what it is meant to achieve.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and easy-to-understand way. Your teaching helped me understand how to see and construct a form in 3D space.
I hope I can continue to make my drawing process faster and more natural with more practice.
Thank you again, Michael!
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1mo
Beautiful studies! So glad the course helped you, it's my pleasure 😊
At 42, this course finally got drawing to click for me. Seeing progress like this is life changing. Thanks man.
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2mo
That's amazing! How great to hear. My pleasure, Alejandro.
I appreciate the beyond gesture videos showcasing how the gesture methods we learn here can then be used to apply anatomy and such. I assume that the figure construction course and the upcoming anatomy course will delve deeper into this?
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2mo
Yes. The figure construction course is primarily about setting the perspective up for anatomy. There's a little about anatomy in there but nothing comprehensive by any means.
Hey everyone, I'm working through gesture drawings and running into an issue: my quality varies a lot from one drawing to the next, even within the same session and using the same reference pool. Some poses come out with good flow and proportion, others feel stiff or off, and I can't quite pin down why. The difficulty it doesn't seem tied to pose difficulty, a standing pose might come out worse than a twisting one. I'm at day 4 of serious study for gesture drawing and art in general, i only was an occasional drawers before. Is this normal variance at this stage, or is there usually an underlying habit causing it (rushing warmup, inconsistent observation before marking, etc.)? Would appreciate any pointers on what to look for. Happy to share a few examples. Thanks :)
Hello! I'm currently enrolled in all your classes and have watched your YouTube videos. First, thank you so much for teaching! Your teaching has completely changed how I draw. I've tried so many different methods, but yours is by far the best for me.
May I ask if you'd consider teaching a class in the future about drawing characters interacting using gesture drawing? I'm an aspiring webtoon artist, and I still struggle a lot with characters interacting, especially when it requires a lot of foreshortening or overlapping characters, like in hugging scenes, kissing scenes, characters standing in front of or behind each other, etc.
Anyway, thank you again! I'm also sharing some of my studies with you. <3
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2mo
Hi! So glad you're enjoying the course and yt videos. Great drawings btw. And thanks for the character drawing suggestion. I'll keep it in mind but have to be honest in saying that I'm not much of a character designer. They all just come out looking like anatomy diagrams lol. Thankfully there are a ton of amazing character courses on Proko you could check out. Thanks again, I'll keep the overlapping poses suggestion in mind for the near future.
I have a question, is this course a complement to the Figure Construction course, or do they overlap? Should I take one before the other?
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3mo
There's a little overlap but technically the Gesture course would come first and the Figure Construction course second.
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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?
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4mo
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!
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4mo
Sure! I think the ideas presented apply to any medium.
Does this include hands and feets?
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5mo
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?
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5mo
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?
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5mo
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.
The Gesture Course