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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Gesture Sketches

at 7/13/2011 09:12:00 AM Blog Owner Vicki Holdwick
It is a gorgeous morning here in southern Michigan; I've just gone around the house opening all the windows. It is 62º and breezy and the forecast is for upper 70s. Yay!!


Did you watch the All Star game last night. I watched it while working crossword puzzles and then afterward did a couple of gesture sketches of a pitcher and a batter. At least they started out as gesture sketches and then I started to fiddle. I just can't help it.









I worked for a bit on the handout for my Repurposed Book class that is scheduled for August 13th and am quite happy with it. Now I will try to forget everything I know and just use the handout to see if it is truly workable. There is still room in the class and I'd love to see some of you there.



The treadmill is calling me, so I'd best get moving in that direction before I talk myself out of it. I think the hubster and I are going to run errands this afternoon and I will feel much better if I get a good workout in first.


xoxo

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14 comments:

  1. Lorna ChampagneJuly 13, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Hi Vicki, just a suggestion: why don't you try your handout on someone who has no previous knowledge? You would probably get very good feedback.

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  2. Vicki HoldwickJuly 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Lorna,

    That is a wonderful idea. Now I will just have to see if I can think of anyone who will be my guinea pig.

    xoxo

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  3. Beach Cat !July 13, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    I wish I could get my treadmill to call me like yours calls you. Of course I would probably ignore it, but it is sad that I need to read your post to even remember that I have a treadmill too ...

    I really like the drawing of the batter ... I can just see the ball he is tapping go bouncing away.

    If you wanna try your handout out on me, I would love to see it early >^,,^<

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  4. Sandy in MichiganJuly 13, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    Wow! You've really captured the lines of the human body in your sports sketches. I especially like the bottom one where the batter is just hitting the ball. You can feel the tension.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 13, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    I think you did a great job on the gesture sketches. I've been working on this myself with posemaniacs and I think I'm still too slow/tentative to try something from the tv.

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  6. Dan KentJuly 13, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    The body sure is tough. I am working on this myself. You got me thinking about gesture drawing. Thank you. I mostly fiddle. I really like the batter's position - great that you could do that while watching the game. Not much time there at all.

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  7. DeeJuly 13, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Fantastic gesture drawings. You can SEEand FEEL the action going on. You succeeded in capturing the moment. Congratulations!!
    D.

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  8. Carin WinkelmanJuly 14, 2011 at 3:34 AM

    Nice drawings!

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  9. SasaJuly 14, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    I really really like these, movement taken to extreme!

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  10. nanke's stuffJuly 14, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    As I said, great figure drawings! You captured the motion and the tension very well. hugs, nancy

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  11. JoanJuly 15, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Is your daughter available as a test driver? Or does she already know the drill?

    Joan

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  12. AlexJuly 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Great job on the poses! =) They both are really dynamic

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  13. AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Love gesture drawing--it's the spirit that fuels the sketch!

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  14. AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    What a great idea. I tend to overwork sketches, the changing nature of images on the television would make that hard.

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