DRAWING + PAINTING CLASSES: Looking At Gesture

Here are some examples of line gesture drawing. Take note of the sense of movement in each of these, whether it is the movement of the subject itself as it is conveyed, or the movement of the artist's hand. Take note of the difference between each medium: crayon versus graphite versus ink versus watercolor, brush versus pen, dry versus wet. Each medium reacts differently to the movement of the artist's hand and produces a different line.

Claes Oldenburg:

Icebox (1963), crayon, pencil, watercolor

Bicycle on Ground (1959), crayon

Pat Reading in Bed, Lenox (1959), crayon

Alberto Giacometti:

Untitled (1956), engraving

Artist's Mother (1951), graphite

Table Before the Dormer Window (1950), graphite

Annette Sewing (1954), graphite

Rico Lebrun:

Model: Two Studies (1962), black ink and wash

Some can fly and some can't. (1939), black ink

Auguste Rodin:

Cambodian Dancer (1906), watercolor and pencil

Ugolino (1882), pen and ink

Eugene Delacroix:

Lion Attacking a Boar (1851), red chalk

Lion Devouring a Hare (1851), red chalk

Honoré Daumier:
Riot Scene (1871), pen and ink wash

Henry Moore:
Sheep Study (1972), etching