33 Have Something to Say and Keep It Simple

My friends, today’s suggestion is to adopt a simple approach when drawing from a model. Especially now during the annual “push” when you have so many work related things on your mind. I’m proud of you who come to the evening gesture class in spite of your tight schedule. Anyway, the more complicated you draw, the more tense and bogged down you become. There’s nothing wrong with capturing a pose with a simple drawing. How about trying something as simple as this.

There should be no problem applying whatever costume the model happens to be wearing.

With a simple drawing, you can get the gesture in seconds, ...

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