One of an artist's greatest tools to communicate life in a drawing is gesture. It's the movement from one form to another. That's why it follows the natural flow of human anatomy. The first place to ...

Artists create gesture drawings using fluid and rapid hand motions that generate loose and roughly drawn lines to capture the feeling of a subject. Layers of lines are built, progressively refining ...

In this stream, we combine art history research with live drawing to show how studying the past can upgrade your art today.

Gesture and Form: Selected Drawings from the 20th and 21st Century explores the act of mark-making as a means of expression, innovation, and experimentation. Drawing has long served as a space where ...