Rembrandt’s Gesture Drawing

Rembrandt Harmensz von Rijn (1606-1669)

Zwei Frauen bringen einem Kind das Laufen bei, um 1640

Kreide auf Papier

British Museum, London, photo wiki

Gesture_Drawing = http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Gesture-Drawing

Both these articles are great places to start reading about gesture drawing. Nicolades ‘The Natural way of Drawing’ is the best.

I would add that because gestural drawing is so quick, done in such a short time span, training the eye to identify the ESSENTIALS is vital. I suspect that ‘sympathy’ is central. If you can ‘feel’ for the subject , ‘feel’ the action of the pose, ‘feel’ the emotion weight & tension of how the person is moving, then bring your gestures into harmony with their gestures. More like mime, mimic & dance than tight obersvation of visual appearances.

You can read more about gesture drawing here below my gallery of musicians & dancers:
[button color=”green” size=”medium” align=”center” link=”https://www.artists-atelier.com//piantings/music”]more gesture drawings of musicians[/button]

‘M-L & E’

sanguine, A5 sketchbook

[button color=”green” size=”medium” align=”center” link=”https://www.artists-atelier.com//paintings/drawings/”]Some of my Drawings of Children[/button]