MODULE 4 ASSIGNMENTS
MODULE 4: GESTURE DRAWING FOUNDATIONS
Module 4 Assignment 1 (M4A1): Dynamic Shape Gestures
Recommended Time Investment: 20 mins Per Page
Recommended Frequency: Daily for 3 Weeks
Utilising the learned theory of Module 4, create 20x Dynamic Shape Gesture drawings per page per day in the gesture drawing template, utilising gesture references. Limit each sketch to only 60 seconds, draw quickly and if you run over time, move onto the next gesture sketch. Doing these daily is crucially important. Utilise the Gesture Drawing Resources document for Gesture Resources.
Module 4 Assignment 2 (M4A2): Dynamic Form Gestures
Recommended Time Investment: 40 mins Per Page
Recommended Frequency: Daily for 3 Weeks
Once you have completed the Dynamic Shape Gestures assignment, continue the following 3 weeks with this assignment. Utilising the learned theory of Module 4, create 20x Dynamic Form Gesture drawings per page per day in the gesture drawing template, utilising gesture references. Limit each sketch to only 120 seconds, draw quickly and if you run over time, move onto the next gesture sketch. Doing these daily is crucially important. Utilise the Gesture Drawing Resources document for Gesture Resources.
Module 4 Assignment 3 (M4A3): Anatomical Gestures
Recommended Time Investment: 40 mins Per Page
Recommended Frequency: Daily for 3 Weeks
Once you have completed the Dynamic Form Gestures assignment, continue the following 3 weeks with this assignment. Utilising the learned theory of Module 4, create 20x Anatomical Gesture drawings per page per day in the gesture drawing template, utilising gesture references. Aim to draw the skin surface level, however do not copy the reference images, rather, borrow the design of the anatomy and implement it dynamically into your sketches. Limit each sketch to only 120 seconds, draw quickly and if you run over time, move onto the next gesture sketch. Doing these daily is crucially important. Utilise the Gesture Drawing Resources document for Gesture Resources.
Module 4 Assignment 4 (M4A4): Life Gestures
Recommended Time Investment: 5-60 min per day
Recommended Frequency: Daily/Forever if possible
In a sketchbook of your choice, spend 5-60 minutes per day observing people and life around you. Utilizing all the learned knowledge so far, create loose, rough, life gestures, attempting to capture all the elements of the observed people as quickly and believably as possible (believably in terms of gesture, not detailed rendering). Attempt to keep each sketch around 60-120 seconds long and no more.
REMINDER: EXAGGERATE THE GESTURES! ALWAYS EXAGGERATE THE GESTURES SOMEWHAT, THE ANGLES, THE TILTS, THE POSE, AS DETAILING TONES DOWN THE INITIAL GESTURES SIGNIFICANTLY.