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Gesture Drawings: Fairy

The normal person sleeps in on a Sunday morning. I’m far from normal, so my Sunday mornings are spent in my gesture drawing class. I swear I’ll never ever get the hang of a Sunday morning class but I’ll sure as hell try.

In an attempt to get more information down within the quick poses, I’m making an effort to draw in sharpie. I’ve been told it’s like drawing with a baseball bat because it’s clumsy so it’s a perfect fit since I’m a klutz. The line comes out bold so there is no room to noodle around the drawing and it also forces you to make decisions in your mark making. So as a result, it should improve line efficiency. Whether or not I’ve accomplished any of that, it’s debatable. However, the only sure answer is that a lot of drawing was done today (there was a whole lot more, but they were far too rough/junky to post). Cheers.

2-5 minute poses.

mcdonnell class | Carl | October 26, 2009 12:30 am

By Mark McDonnell, October 26, 2009 @ 8:25 am

I like ‘em! Looking good my man, great personality!

MAC
By Mark McDonnell, October 26, 2009 @ 8:26 am

I sure do hope your instructor is hard on you!
By Enoch Allen, October 26, 2009 @ 12:19 pm

Fairy is just a bit less detailed than your vampirella sketch, but still the lines reveal form nicely and the character pose is skillfully realized as well.
By Jocelyn Cervenka, October 26, 2009 @ 3:39 pm

Your getting waaay better at female anatomy!! Good job! Nice flow, grace, personality and entertainment!
By Marcelo Vignali, October 26, 2009 @ 8:33 pm

Great job on the gesture sketches. It’s a “learning-deal” so you have to stay at it. And, faeries, one of my favorite subjects too!

As for drawing with a Sharpie marker, you need to look at Marcos Mateu’s artwork — you’ll find a link to his blog on my blog — because he draws almost exclusively with a Sharpie marker. It may be a baseball bat to everyone else, but he handles that fat marker like Zorro handles a sword.

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind words.
By Rona, November 7, 2009 @ 12:07 pm

CARL!!! You remembered me :]
is that Yoko on the bottom of the page?

Great gesture drawings! I’ll come and check often!
By Justin Rodrigues, November 7, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

Haha these look familiar. I’m in the same class (guy with the glasses). Totally just stumbled on your website. Great work man stop by my blog if you get a chance. http://www.jtownsketchhouse.blogspot.com Justin
By David Colman, November 16, 2009 @ 4:39 pm

Nice Carl….full of life!!!