Below is a 25 minute charcoal drawing followed by a few gesture drawings also in charcoal. In my figure studies, I warm up first with gesture drawings (1, 2 or 5 minutes per piece) and then progress to longer work (15 minutes or longer). A gesture drawing is a quick drawing where I focus on the action of the model...
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Compose Not Decay: Articulating Articulations
Sometimes one can find particular compound subjects which inter-relate not only intimately, but also freely and purposefully. One of these cases appears to be the dynamic and interlocking skeletal joints that we find at the core of our physical bodies...