1 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:13,198 hi everyone this is matt from drawing 2 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:16,560 tutorials online comm how are you guys 3 00:00:13,198 --> 00:00:18,960 doing well there is a question that gets 4 00:00:16,559 --> 00:00:22,500 posed to me all the time and the 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:25,800 question is this what do i do during a 6 00:00:22,500 --> 00:00:27,929 one minute gesture pose and one minute 7 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,480 is so short i don't know what to do I 8 00:00:27,929 --> 00:00:32,399 kind of like really freeze up what do 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,500 you do when you only have one minute to 10 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:37,590 draw the figure and you're in class and 11 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:41,070 and one minutes really not a lot of time 12 00:00:37,590 --> 00:00:43,470 well the way that I approach this for me 13 00:00:41,070 --> 00:00:46,049 a one minute gesture pose is really just 14 00:00:43,469 --> 00:00:50,460 anything goes it's it's more of just 15 00:00:46,049 --> 00:00:54,419 like a total warm-up for me but I do 16 00:00:50,460 --> 00:00:57,780 teach my students I do give them options 17 00:00:54,420 --> 00:01:00,780 of what to do in a one-minute time frame 18 00:00:57,780 --> 00:01:02,429 so the first thing that you can do let's 19 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:04,829 just dive right on into it the first 20 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:07,438 thing that you can do is either just 21 00:01:04,828 --> 00:01:10,468 warm up your arm warm up your hand by 22 00:01:07,438 --> 00:01:12,718 doing a contour drawing or a blind 23 00:01:10,468 --> 00:01:14,879 contour drawing now a blind contour 24 00:01:12,718 --> 00:01:16,259 drawing is where you just look at the 25 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:19,199 model and you don't look at your paper 26 00:01:16,259 --> 00:01:21,509 and it's a little artsy fartsy and but 27 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,049 it's good because it forces you to look 28 00:01:21,509 --> 00:01:26,579 so let's say you're in you're in class 29 00:01:25,049 --> 00:01:28,409 it's the first day and you're like oh 30 00:01:26,578 --> 00:01:30,958 god we got a one-minute pose what do I 31 00:01:28,409 --> 00:01:33,450 do well just kind of do a contour 32 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:36,299 drawing come down one side of the models 33 00:01:33,450 --> 00:01:40,528 body start at the top of their head draw 34 00:01:36,299 --> 00:01:42,569 nice and slow and keep your pencil on 35 00:01:40,528 --> 00:01:45,388 the paper for as long as you possibly 36 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:48,149 can without lifting it off and you're 37 00:01:45,388 --> 00:01:50,848 what's the purpose of this like why do 38 00:01:48,149 --> 00:01:52,858 this well this is just to warm up your 39 00:01:50,849 --> 00:01:55,709 eyes and your hand and to get them 40 00:01:52,858 --> 00:01:57,568 speaking to each other so you just kind 41 00:01:55,709 --> 00:01:59,969 of come on down and you do a contour 42 00:01:57,569 --> 00:02:01,409 drawing and you draw five miles an hour 43 00:01:59,968 --> 00:02:03,178 like you don't go like really really 44 00:02:01,409 --> 00:02:05,609 super fast like you don't want to do 45 00:02:03,179 --> 00:02:07,349 that you want to slow down you want to 46 00:02:05,608 --> 00:02:09,030 kind of take a deep breath and you just 47 00:02:07,349 --> 00:02:11,520 want to focus on the edge of the model 48 00:02:09,030 --> 00:02:14,039 it's really truly just for like a 49 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,570 warm-up thing so you want to try to get 50 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:16,239 it to look like the model right and you 51 00:02:15,569 --> 00:02:18,879 want to go from 52 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,740 head-to-toe now blind contour would be 53 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:22,329 you would do the same thing but you'd 54 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:24,610 start to draw and you really wouldn't 55 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:26,380 look at your piece of paper and and 56 00:02:24,610 --> 00:02:29,130 before you know it you know you do this 57 00:02:26,379 --> 00:02:32,680 drawing and it looks like all funky and 58 00:02:29,129 --> 00:02:34,840 it's like oh boy it kind of looks like a 59 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:38,560 you know two-year-old did that drawing 60 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,810 but again it's just for you to warm up 61 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,300 your hand and your brain and your eyes 62 00:02:40,810 --> 00:02:44,740 to get you to look more you see that the 63 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:47,830 first thing that happens when people 64 00:02:44,740 --> 00:02:49,570 draw a one-minute pose is they stare 65 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:50,800 down at their paper and they move their 66 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:52,239 hand really quick because they think 67 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,760 they got to get this done as quick as 68 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:58,090 possible but you need to look more at 69 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:59,939 the model do less line and look more at 70 00:02:58,090 --> 00:03:03,039 the model so that that's number one 71 00:02:59,939 --> 00:03:04,389 contour or blind contour some people are 72 00:03:03,039 --> 00:03:06,849 like I can through the blind contour 73 00:03:04,389 --> 00:03:09,639 that's too artsy fartsy for me but but 74 00:03:06,849 --> 00:03:11,680 it's an exercise so the next thing that 75 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:13,539 you want to do and and you guys who've 76 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,340 been watching the YouTube videos and and 77 00:03:13,539 --> 00:03:17,169 all my videos even members of the 78 00:03:15,340 --> 00:03:19,930 drawing set you know how big I am on 79 00:03:17,169 --> 00:03:23,109 that rough skeleton so in a one-minute 80 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:25,300 pose now the rough skeleton is there to 81 00:03:23,110 --> 00:03:30,580 get you to draw gotta be careful how I 82 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:33,250 pronounce this the tilts okay the tilt 83 00:03:30,580 --> 00:03:35,080 of the shoulder and tilt of the hip it 84 00:03:33,250 --> 00:03:37,479 that's the whole purpose for the rough 85 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:39,610 skeleton so you'd come on in here and 86 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:40,959 you just get a quick over for the head 87 00:03:39,610 --> 00:03:42,640 if you're feeling a little advanced you 88 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:49,000 can do the two ovals for the skull and 89 00:03:42,639 --> 00:03:51,969 then you would look for that oval for 90 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,650 the ribcage and if you really feel fancy 91 00:03:51,969 --> 00:03:58,180 you can put that little letter a over 92 00:03:53,650 --> 00:04:00,219 there bowl shape for the pelvis okay a 93 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:04,689 little rusty here this morning and a 94 00:04:00,219 --> 00:04:08,020 center line so you can do upper leg to 95 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:11,199 the kneecap the lower leg target for the 96 00:04:08,020 --> 00:04:12,760 foot upper leg to the kneecap lower leg 97 00:04:11,199 --> 00:04:15,069 target for the foot now the most 98 00:04:12,759 --> 00:04:17,649 important thing is that you give your 99 00:04:15,069 --> 00:04:19,870 drawing a pretty substantial dark line 100 00:04:17,649 --> 00:04:21,459 here at the bottom for where you think 101 00:04:19,870 --> 00:04:23,590 the model's foot is you know that's a 102 00:04:21,459 --> 00:04:25,180 target it's also an angle you can give 103 00:04:23,589 --> 00:04:27,969 me another target well maybe her legs a 104 00:04:25,180 --> 00:04:29,110 little bit longer and then you can just 105 00:04:27,970 --> 00:04:33,070 do upper arm 106 00:04:29,110 --> 00:04:34,569 lower arm you could simply upper arm 107 00:04:33,069 --> 00:04:37,349 lower arm just a quick oval for the head 108 00:04:34,569 --> 00:04:41,920 and you're done and your minute is up 109 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:44,470 it's a good exercise because it's a mat 110 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:46,509 tilt needs to be a little less but it's 111 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:49,270 really to start to get you to see the 112 00:04:46,509 --> 00:04:51,279 tilts of the model the shoulders versus 113 00:04:49,269 --> 00:04:53,409 the hips it's really a good exercise for 114 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:55,719 you to practice drawing these ovals 115 00:04:53,410 --> 00:04:58,570 because there are so many ovals with in 116 00:04:55,720 --> 00:05:03,540 the rough skeleton now the next option 117 00:04:58,569 --> 00:05:07,629 that you have is to draw the infamous 118 00:05:03,540 --> 00:05:10,480 torso peanut shape with the opposite C's 119 00:05:07,629 --> 00:05:15,879 alright so the torso peanut shape and 120 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:18,939 the opposite C's is just a way more fun 121 00:05:15,879 --> 00:05:21,579 process than the rough skeleton so you'd 122 00:05:18,939 --> 00:05:24,579 come on in here you you look for the 123 00:05:21,579 --> 00:05:26,769 torso peanut shape each gotta try to 124 00:05:24,579 --> 00:05:29,680 envision where the bottom of her butt is 125 00:05:26,769 --> 00:05:31,539 through the front of her legs and yes it 126 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,069 does hug the edge of her body and you 127 00:05:31,540 --> 00:05:36,610 want to look for where that rib cage is 128 00:05:33,069 --> 00:05:39,009 and now instead of drawing the rib cage 129 00:05:36,610 --> 00:05:42,449 in there what I would do is I'd start to 130 00:05:39,009 --> 00:05:48,339 do maybe I just kind of cruise in a 131 00:05:42,449 --> 00:05:51,610 centerline okay get a mummification line 132 00:05:48,339 --> 00:05:54,099 a line that wraps around line that wraps 133 00:05:51,610 --> 00:05:57,580 around down over there done now look for 134 00:05:54,100 --> 00:06:00,129 the opposite seas so opposite sea for 135 00:05:57,579 --> 00:06:02,949 her hip but opposite sea for her upper 136 00:06:00,129 --> 00:06:06,250 leg down to her kneecap her tibia area 137 00:06:02,949 --> 00:06:07,810 specifically and now opposite seat for 138 00:06:06,250 --> 00:06:10,089 her lower leg opposite sheep at the top 139 00:06:07,810 --> 00:06:12,310 of her foot target or angle for the 140 00:06:10,089 --> 00:06:14,169 bottom of her foot now you go back up 141 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:16,389 top and you do the opposite see for the 142 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:19,660 front of her face maybe you're just kind 143 00:06:16,389 --> 00:06:23,159 of kind of gesture that in gesture this 144 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:25,300 in oval for the hand and then gesture 145 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,280 gesture is a different way of saying 146 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:29,379 opposite sees everybody every teacher 147 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,119 has their different language and and 148 00:06:29,379 --> 00:06:32,800 that's all you do you know you can kind 149 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,810 of give me a couple mummification lines 150 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,370 I call mummification lines just because 151 00:06:34,810 --> 00:06:38,949 it's kind of like you're wrapping around 152 00:06:36,370 --> 00:06:40,389 this gauze around the figure to make it 153 00:06:38,949 --> 00:06:41,670 look three-dimensional kind of just like 154 00:06:40,389 --> 00:06:43,949 a mummy 155 00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:46,500 and and you can do that like in a minute 156 00:06:43,949 --> 00:06:48,209 like it's really really cool so again 157 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:50,699 the things to remember when you're doing 158 00:06:48,209 --> 00:06:53,189 this is you don't need to put down a 159 00:06:50,699 --> 00:06:55,139 million lines now okay I'm contradicting 160 00:06:53,189 --> 00:06:56,819 myself when you do the mummification 161 00:06:55,139 --> 00:06:59,399 lines you're going to be putting down a 162 00:06:56,819 --> 00:07:02,339 million lines but you don't need to draw 163 00:06:59,399 --> 00:07:05,819 every finger every toe you just want to 164 00:07:02,339 --> 00:07:08,789 go from head to toe and and get that 165 00:07:05,819 --> 00:07:10,829 hand moving so we did contour blind 166 00:07:08,790 --> 00:07:13,170 contour rough skeleton now we just did a 167 00:07:10,829 --> 00:07:16,109 much more fun way to do a one-minute 168 00:07:13,170 --> 00:07:18,420 pose now you could slow down and you can 169 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:21,360 do things a whole lot prettier than what 170 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:23,600 I'm doing here so you have a lot of 171 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:26,460 options with the torso peanut-shaped now 172 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:29,610 let's go to the last option and the last 173 00:07:26,459 --> 00:07:32,009 option is no technique at all you just 174 00:07:29,610 --> 00:07:34,620 kind of let yourself go and you just 175 00:07:32,009 --> 00:07:36,659 draw and yeah the one thing the one 176 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:38,610 caveat I will say to you is that you you 177 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:39,240 totally want to try to keep your pencil 178 00:07:38,610 --> 00:07:40,949 on the paper 179 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,180 don't put your pencil down for a second 180 00:07:40,949 --> 00:07:43,409 and then lift it off put it down for a 181 00:07:42,180 --> 00:07:46,139 second lift it off put it down for a 182 00:07:43,410 --> 00:07:48,420 second lift it off no good like you want 183 00:07:46,139 --> 00:07:50,159 to come on in here and just draw you 184 00:07:48,420 --> 00:07:51,960 know so maybe I'm going to start with 185 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:55,170 that and I'm going to just do an 186 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:56,669 opposite see for that come on in and who 187 00:07:55,170 --> 00:07:58,980 knows maybe I'm going to go right to the 188 00:07:56,670 --> 00:08:01,319 center or draw that breast in that 189 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:03,930 shadow shape and I'll kind of mosey on 190 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:05,159 down so now I'll do a little bit over 191 00:08:03,930 --> 00:08:09,389 here a little bit of the moment fication 192 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:12,870 centerline maybe an opposite see but I'm 193 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:14,819 kind of just cruising cruising around 194 00:08:12,870 --> 00:08:17,129 the drawing and I'm not necessarily 195 00:08:14,819 --> 00:08:18,899 using one technique I'm just trying to 196 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:22,610 draw her the way that I see her I'm 197 00:08:18,899 --> 00:08:26,250 looking at her at least 50% of the time 198 00:08:22,610 --> 00:08:28,290 I'm really not staring at my paper and 199 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:30,509 there's no race here you need to take 200 00:08:28,290 --> 00:08:33,180 your time it's not about finishing 201 00:08:30,509 --> 00:08:35,189 everything like I think the worst thing 202 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:37,649 that you can do in a one-minute pose 203 00:08:35,190 --> 00:08:41,070 would be to outline the entire figure 204 00:08:37,649 --> 00:08:43,228 and do nothing on on the center so that 205 00:08:41,070 --> 00:08:46,260 would be another technique that you can 206 00:08:43,229 --> 00:08:48,060 do where you just draw and you're not 207 00:08:46,259 --> 00:08:49,409 drawing for the sake of trying to do a 208 00:08:48,059 --> 00:08:52,289 technique but you're just drawing and 209 00:08:49,409 --> 00:08:53,789 you're looking now the most important 210 00:08:52,289 --> 00:08:55,139 thing in a classroom that you've got to 211 00:08:53,789 --> 00:08:57,000 remember is do 212 00:08:55,139 --> 00:08:58,470 worry about the person next to you who 213 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:00,450 cares what they think about your 214 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:03,660 drawings just let yourself go and have 215 00:09:00,450 --> 00:09:05,790 fun remember there's no one way there's 216 00:09:03,659 --> 00:09:06,629 no one right way to do a one-minute 217 00:09:05,789 --> 00:09:10,110 gesture pose 218 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:11,820 it truly is how you feel that day maybe 219 00:09:10,110 --> 00:09:13,860 you wake up and you feel like crap and 220 00:09:11,820 --> 00:09:15,330 so you're just going to kind of struggle 221 00:09:13,860 --> 00:09:18,899 through it let me show you a couple 222 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:22,160 different examples of a few techniques 223 00:09:18,899 --> 00:09:25,529 here so on this particular Kate Paige 224 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:29,389 yeah on this particular cage this would 225 00:09:25,529 --> 00:09:31,949 just be me doing a little bit more of 226 00:09:29,389 --> 00:09:33,659 just drawing what I see you know coming 227 00:09:31,950 --> 00:09:35,490 on in here and and draw on the edge of 228 00:09:33,659 --> 00:09:37,259 the body and then putting some 229 00:09:35,490 --> 00:09:39,330 mummification lines in some of these 230 00:09:37,259 --> 00:09:42,029 lines that just show form wrapping 231 00:09:39,330 --> 00:09:43,830 around the hip but but you can see I'm 232 00:09:42,029 --> 00:09:45,870 not really doing the rough skeleton you 233 00:09:43,830 --> 00:09:49,020 see I do have parts of it like I have 234 00:09:45,870 --> 00:09:51,240 the tilt of the shoulders yeah 235 00:09:49,019 --> 00:09:53,340 absolutely I have a little opposite see 236 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,710 over there but you see the targets one 237 00:09:53,340 --> 00:09:58,320 two three four different versions of 238 00:09:55,710 --> 00:09:59,940 where I thought her foot was so that 239 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,010 one's just kind of like letting yourself 240 00:09:59,940 --> 00:10:04,230 go and and scribbling a little bit 241 00:10:02,009 --> 00:10:06,539 drawing some form lines just about a 242 00:10:04,230 --> 00:10:08,430 minute or so this one is where I'm a 243 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:10,500 little bit more true to the opposite 244 00:10:08,429 --> 00:10:12,899 seed technique so you can really see 245 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:14,730 this opposite see opposite see gosh 246 00:10:12,899 --> 00:10:17,039 opposite see opposite see opposite see 247 00:10:14,730 --> 00:10:18,810 opposites see angle for that foot then 248 00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:20,969 you can really see there so that's a 249 00:10:18,809 --> 00:10:21,419 little bit more of a purist way of doing 250 00:10:20,970 --> 00:10:23,730 that 251 00:10:21,419 --> 00:10:29,399 one-minute gesture pose and then these 252 00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:31,080 are more about just continuous line not 253 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:32,699 that's that's a phrase I'm really not 254 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:36,810 promoting too much in this short little 255 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:38,430 video clip but yeah continuous line is 256 00:10:36,809 --> 00:10:40,949 what you really want to do when you're 257 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:43,349 doing the contour so this is more about 258 00:10:40,950 --> 00:10:45,840 looking at the model not necessarily 259 00:10:43,350 --> 00:10:47,730 doing a technique but just drawn what I 260 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:50,670 see but do you see how important it is 261 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:54,360 not to outline so the thing that you 262 00:10:50,669 --> 00:10:57,899 want to be left with after watching this 263 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:59,460 video is that don't put all of this 264 00:10:57,899 --> 00:11:02,129 pressure on yourself when you're doing a 265 00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:04,290 one-minute pose there's no right and 266 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:06,480 wrong way to do it you just kind of have 267 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:08,579 to go with it now every artist is 268 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,058 different and some artists just want to 269 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:11,969 get the 270 00:11:09,058 --> 00:11:14,158 ocean of the pose I like to just use it 271 00:11:11,969 --> 00:11:16,829 as a warm-up session and my goal is to 272 00:11:14,158 --> 00:11:21,058 always try to get the likeness and if 273 00:11:16,828 --> 00:11:22,468 I'm rusty and and I start and I start 274 00:11:21,058 --> 00:11:22,978 looking at the mall and I start with the 275 00:11:22,469 --> 00:11:25,139 detail 276 00:11:22,979 --> 00:11:26,908 I gotta kind of smack myself in the face 277 00:11:25,139 --> 00:11:29,188 and say stop with the detail and and 278 00:11:26,908 --> 00:11:32,369 just do the big opposite see lines and 279 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:34,738 make it happen so I hope that helped you 280 00:11:32,369 --> 00:11:36,119 if you like this video and you want to 281 00:11:34,739 --> 00:11:38,849 read a little bit more visit the blog 282 00:11:36,119 --> 00:11:41,899 drawing tutorials online blog and see 283 00:11:38,849 --> 00:11:41,899 you soon be good 284 00:11:48,179 --> 00:11:50,239 you