The 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing

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Really good gesture drawing can seem mysterious, so I’ve broken down the skill into 11 concrete steps. It is not easy to go through these 11 steps, but each is totally doable.

When you think about how wonderful it is to do gesture drawings and how special the skill is, going through these 11 steps is not so much to ask.

0:00 Intro
0:37 Landmarks
1:56 Simple forms
3:00 Intuitive proportions
4:23 CSI
6:28 Finding asymmetry
7:20 Pre-prepared versus pose specific curves
7:54 Surface lines
8:53 Mark making strategy
10:05 Risk mindset
10:58 Quantity of practice
12:21 Secret 11th Ingredient
13:45 Fresh Eyes Live