Gesture Drawing

gesture drawing google definition:

a work of art defined by rapid execution.

typical situations involve an artist drawing in a short amount of time.

often as little as 30 seconds.

or as long as 2 minutes.

often performed as a warm-up for a live drawing session.

so that's what we did.

we were to do a gesture drawing.

i looked around my kitchen.
an oven mitt was the most interesting thing that was in there.
besides food, of course.

i know the picture is hard to see,
but it's because it was a very light sketch
and it isn't that dark in real life either.

also don't mind the crease in the middle.
this project has seen better days.

i set the mitt on my kitchen table and with my pencil being held loosely in my hand,

i drew the main parts of the oven mitt.

the outside and a few minor details.

and that is my gesture sketch.

through this project i learned that:

it's very relaxing to just sketch big shapes.

you can get so tense when trying to be perfect and precise 

in your drawing.

it's nice to be able to let go and just, draw.

it's therepudic actually.

it is also i great way to see the general idea of what you're sketching.

sometimes, you can get so caught up on one detail,

that you miss the big picture and the drawing doesn't turn out how you envisioned.

why i did what i did:

i have had experience with sketching.

i know the benefits from it.

and i put it to practice here.

i didn't take my time, i just rushed through it.

because doing gesture drawings shouldn't take a long time.

it should be fast and to the point.

and that is exactly what i did.

this is a great way for:

~students to understand what it means to do a gesture drawing~

~letting the students look at the bigger picture instead of details~

~helping the students understand that you can draw fast, but still make it look like something~