The second session of drawing class was all about gestural sketch and gestural drawing.Gesture is nothing but actions, signs, movement and way of expressing emotions.
Sketches are incomplete works of a final drawing, they are a rough outline of the theme of a drawing, they are not supposed to be neat yet they should give you an idea of what the drawing is about.
Whereas drawings are a final completed version of a sketch with complete details and a final outcome.
Gestural sketches and drawing aim to show a flow and a rhythm to picture or drawing, its just not shapes, lines, patterns and textures making a picture .But a complete and good drawing is one in which there is some emotion and flow to it which makes it a meaningful and complete one.The medium we used for gestural sketches in class were HB pencil for a base and then charcoal to give a sort of darker and fair idea.
GESTURAL SKETCHES DONE IN CLASS.
Self Reflection: The exercise in class gave me a clear understanding of what a sketch and drawing means, how to capture a flow of a picture , it gave me a check and understanding of how time management is very important while doing a sketch or painting in any medium, also helped in building up my confidence in sketching human body postures, gestures and facial expressions.
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