Gesture in Action
Drawing the Essence
Capturing the essence of Life
Before we become preoccupied with Anatomy and Structure, students must learn to grasp the figure in terms of a continuum of pure energy, what I call in analogy to physics its “wave function” or lines of action.
Allowing ourselves to use a bit of watercolor for these short poses, we can quickly sketch out not only the gesture but also the sense of mass or energy associated with the figure.
To be sure, in a drawing everything happens “at once” so that anatomy and structure are already implicated in the initial phases of the design. Read More
Hands and Feet in Action
Continue the Process
