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6:06 AM, Monday August 16th 2021

Thanks for the recommendation but do I just pick up a subject and go with it even though I know nothing about shading or construction etc?

Also you mention anatomy study, another reply recomended figure drawing. I know terms like perspective and construction but I am largely ignorant. How do I learn all the different subjects and techniques? How did you find and decide on gestures and nature? 'Look it up' seems to be the obvious answer but I'm asking if there is an article or video that lays it all out for me.

12:34 PM, Monday August 16th 2021

You're welcome!

I either know nothing about shading and i begin understand construction now. I just do 20 poses, 1 minute each...and do my best to capture the gesture. Then when i start learn anatomy - study of human body parts - and draw human body (figure drawing), my drawing wont be so stiff.

About decide between gesture and nature...my suggest is watch the videos in the links in my previous post. I like both, cause a leaf, a petal have a gesture too..and they are very thin, much more easy to bend and twist. Gesture drawing apply the same principle of band and twist but in 3D.

Here a link to my first try in gesture drawing and more recently ones...i'm far from being good, but improved a lot in only 3 months. http://imgur.com/a/8QbWeWA

Good luck in your journey!

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