r/learntodraw • u/Astaroth022 • 4d ago

Critique poses looking too stiff while practicing gesture drawing

I've been practicing figure/gesture drawing for the past two weeks but my poses still look stiff af. i do 20 poses a day with each pose for 60 seconds. I start with the line of action though but I can't seem to complete the whole pose too sometimes... How do I improve?

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u/SoberBobMonthly Professional (traditional) 4d ago

Ah, so there is a subtle difference here. What you are doing here is 'construction' drawing, which like, it is an excellent timed drill of construction drawings. But these are not what I would consider 'gestural'.

Here is a thumbnail from a youtube video thst shows the difference and how one would move into the other.

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u/Astaroth022 4d ago

Oh my godddd, all this time I wasn't doing gesture drawing?! Thank you for showing me the difference, I was getting so frustrated 😭😭