Figure Drawing, Continued
Combining the
A combination of gesture drawing and basic forms works well to help you
techniques of
understand figure dynamics. Try combining gesture drawing and basic forms
gesture
drawing and
construction. Draw a figure in gesture. Do not attempt any detail and strive
reducing the
only for the weight and body dynamics. After the gesture drawing, draw
figure into
basic forms lightly over the masses. Modify and refine the basic forms to
basic forms
more closely resemble human features.
Figure 3-30 illustrates the technique for combining gesture drawing with
basic forms to create a human figure.
Figure 3-30.—Combining gesture drawing with basic forms to create human
figures.
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