When I first began studying art, I hated gesture drawing. I'm kind of a tight human being and had such a difficult time with gesture (I still kinda do). But, I think gesture drawings is a important practice. Being able to represent the primary sense, shape, and weight of a pose is always crucial and being able to spot and capture it quickly is both a good way to "warm up" and a great way to help train the eye.
I've been drawing 30 second. 1 minute, and 2 minute gestures for the past year randomly. Sometimes just from photos on Facebook or friends or random people (aka free model coffee drinker - haha). Sometimes I get the chance to work with a live model. I also stumbled across an excellent website for gesture work. http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7Ro2Ht/www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php You can set the time, the type of model and just go. It keeps track of the time and switches out the models. You can also pause and take more time if you wanted or needed on a particular reference. I don't think they're public domain or anything, but it's a great practice tool!
Below are two pages of gestures from my sketchbook. I was using the figure drawing website set at 2 minute, nude models. I took one of them further, I think 5 or 10 min? The drawings are a bit jumbled. These are all just practice for me and they've been drawn with the sketchbook at all angles.
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| 2 minute gestures |
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| 2 minute (and a 5-10 minute) gestures |
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