Gesture: Back

24x18 inches, graphite on paper                                          Copyright 2010, john A. Brecht, all rights reserved

The gesture drawing is a quick study completed in a very short period of time.  This drawing was executed in under 30 seconds.  Often, artists use such rapid-fire drawings as a way to warm up at the beginning of a session.  The technique is also helpful in situations where one needs to capture the essence of a scene in a short period of time or where there is movement or a constantly changing scene.  Gesture drawings lack the detail that is in more finished drawings.  Drawing in this manner also cultivates hand-eye co-ordination, which is important when working from life.  Those are the nuts-and-bolts explanations.  The beauty of these drawings is the energy they posses, the purity and diversity of mark, and the ability to convey a great deal of information very efficiently.  It is the life and energy in the mark that I find most beautiful and magical.  To me that is what drawing is about.

Comments

[Carolyn Miller]

or as you once told me..."Less is More" here is the proof.....

[GARLIC PARISI]

SO SIMPLE, AND BEAUTIFUL!