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What is Gestural Drawing?

Monday July 14, 2008
Gestural drawing is an important activity for many artists. The direct and immediate mark-making offered by drawing mediums, combined with a free and expressive approach to representing the subject, allows you to discover your own signature style and to explore ways of representing form and movement.

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July 22, 2008 at 10:59 pm
(1) Starrpoint says:

This is important to learning how to sketch. Sketching is an important part of drawing, a different part. To be able to draw the action, the movement of people, animial and life is important, and this kind of drawing can be the key.

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