The "Gesture" is the energy, essence, or life of the figure. Without the gesture all the rest of the drawing dies. The drawing should be able to depicted from the gesture alone. This can be captured by starting with the head, spine, and hips. Rough outlines of the limbs and body are all that are necessary. The gesture is also used as a rough 'roadmap' for the rest of the drawing but it's original intent is to portray the life of the drawing.
The opposite of this is what I had previously been doing - a contour drawing, where the artist only draws the outside of the figure. This ignores the gesture and only draws the outside, as if it were only a shadow.
Gesture is key and should always be step 1.
We had 4 models in our Life Drawing class: Dani, Barbie, Kimberly, and Jim.
Jim
Dani
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