[JGreen]

Thanks for the advice, Erik.

That makes sense. I will check out those lessons, its good to have a more varied approach.

[JGreen]

Hi guys.

Loving NMA so far, well worth the subscription! I am having some frustration with my gesture drawings, and would be grateful for some pointers.

I think my main issue is that I am not so clear on what I am trying to achieve. In particular, there was something Glenn says in the lecture about the lines not corresponding to anatomy or anything you can see in the figure. As far as I can understand, these lines are supposed to be somewhat abstract representations of movement. Yet when I see him draw, it just seems to me like he does in fact draw heavily on his anatomical knowledge, e.g. silhouette of an arm or leg muscles, or the knee, or a line that is just the spine.

So because I don’t really know really what I’m supposed to be representing with these lines, I just end up drawing random lines. I have trouble trying to wrap my head around the idea of drawing the ‘movement’ or the ‘flow’ of the action.

I remember reading Michael Hampton’s figure drawing book a while back and having similar confusion over the gesture section. Obviously I’m not expecting to be as good as masters like Vilppu, but I want to get to the point where I know what I’m trying to achieve, so I’m not just practicing aimlessly.

Thanks in advance for any help :).

[JGreen]

I guess what I am asking is: is the type of perspective attached to the overall piece (i.e. ‘drawing a piece in 1PP’) or is it a quality of each object within the piece (i.e. can combine the two). thanks

[JGreen]

Hi Jaylene, thanks for the reassurance and recommendations. Very frustrating, but I just have to make do. 🙂

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