Gestures: 2D and 3D

Fauvism

Assignment 1

• Les Fauves: French for “The Wild Beasts”• Gesture drawings are quick, expressive, and “wild”• Practice your gesture drawing skills:

– Model for each other in active poses (start with a 2-minute sketch, then 1 minute, then 30 seconds, then 10 seconds per sketch)

– Try different line qualities when sketching (angular vs. organic)• Create a gesture drawing that expresses wild movement using a

variety of wild, bright colors– You can use your sketches for inspiration

• Suggested media options: pen, watercolor, chalk (you can use one, two, or all three of these…the point is to experiment with what medium helps you get the “wildest” result)

Try different line qualities when sketching (angular vs. organic)

Gesture Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Gesture Drawing

Assignment 1 Example: Chalk

Assignment 1 Example: Pen/Marker

Assignment 1 Example: Watercolor

Assignment 1 Example: Watercolor

Assignment 1 Example: Watercolor and Pen

Assignment 1 Example: Watercolor and Pen

Assignment 1 Example: Pen, Chalk, and Watercolor

Assignment 1 Example: Paint

My Example: Pen and Watercolor

Assignment 2

• Create a colorful, “wild,” gestural figure sculpture using wire

• Think of how body language communicates emotion

• Choose an emotion on which to focus, sculpt it “gesturally” out of wire, and then use colors that correspond to the emotion to paint sections of the wire accordingly

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

Assignment 2 Example

OTMS Student Example: Planking

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

OTMS Student Example

My Example