{"id":222,"date":"2021-09-03T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapedrawing\/?p=222"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:58:29","slug":"gestural-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/landscapedrawing\/2021\/09\/03\/gestural-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Gestural Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This exercise introduces gestural drawing as a way of quickly analyzing and representing form. The human figure is an ideal subject for gesture drawing: proportion, movement, weight, expression, and power all come into play. Gesture drawing uses time limits to encourage a rapid assessment of the most necessary elements of the model\u2019s pose to represent the figure clearly and expressively. Time limits also force us to practice laying
\npigment down efficiently and confidently. Like with blind contour line drawing and de-skilling, surprising elegance can be found in these rapid gesture drawings, which aim to represent the human body with the most minimal of marks.<\/p>\n

Desired outcomes: accuracy, confidence, efficiency, intuition<\/p>\n

Methods: de-skilling, emotive drawing<\/p>\n

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materials<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n