1. Gesture Drawing Grade 10 Visual Art

2. GESTURE DAY I The Basics

3. What is Gesture Drawing? A loose drawing that captures movement, basic shapes, and weight of an object or figure.

4. Why do Gesture Drawing? 1.Warm-up 2.Capture the essence 3.Active thinking and planning

5. Techniques and Tips 1.Loose scribbles, no details 2.Capture the whole object quickly 3.Feel the subject-Action Line 4.Start lightly and then build weight 5.Use you arms and shoulder 6.Look at the big pictures 7.Exaggerate the action Draw what you see, NOT what you think you see

7. Gesture made Easy: Q.L.A.W. Quick Loose Action Weight

8. Exercise #1: MeasurING Materials: Meter Sticks pens and papers Instructions: Pair up and use your handout as a guide. Measure your partner in head units.

10. Human Proportions: Male  The body height = 8 heads  Distance between nipples on chest = 1 head  Width of calf muscles together at lower arc = 1 head  Bottom of the knees = 2 heads from ground level

12. Begin with Action Line

13. Exercise #2: Mark the Action Materials: Action Line handout coloured pastels Instructions: Use two lines to indicate the action on the figures. Share your results with a partner

14. Steps to Success

15. Types of Gestures

16. Exercise #2: Gesture Sets Materials: Newsprints sketchbooks Pencils (HB, 6B) Conte Markers Charcoals Oil pastels or crayons

17. Warm-Up Exercise Step 1: Warm up your hands, arms and shoulders. Step 2: Scribble on your paper until you feel loose Step 3: Draw the object shown at the front

18. Gesture Sets: Instructions Work in pairs. Each person will be the drawer and poser. After a few poses, switch roles. Use various media in your work where appropriate. Complete the following gesture drawings in class following the lesson. 1.Pencil gesture (your choice of HB or 6B)-15 sec (X2) 2.Markers (any colour)—30 sec (X2) 3.Black or Brown conte (with tones and values)-1 min (X2) 4.Charcoal (with shading using your fingers)-1.5 min (X1) 5.Coloured pastels or crayons (expression and mood)-2 min (X1)

19. Practice, Practice, Practice Part I: Refine a Gesture Drawing Choose one gesture from class on a newsprint and refine drawing by applying human proportions and add some details. You can add anatomy using sources. Part II: Sketchbook Practice 3-5 more gesture drawings of objects of your interests or human actions. You may choose any media where appropriate. These sketches should fill up one page each.

20. GESTURE DAY II Extensions

21. Gesture Sets Materials: Newsprints sketchbooks Pencils (HB, 6B) Conte Markers Charcoals Oil pastels or crayons