Observation Sketches & Gesture Drawings

High School Proficient and Advanced Scholars visit our local waterway as part of reviewing a key habit of visual artists from Leonardo DaVinci, Albrecht Durer and Maria Sybilla Merian: creating detailed sketches and gesture drawings by observing people, animals, plants, etc. in the world around them.

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A scholar cleans the stream bed while another sketches.

Example of Mass Gesture Drawing

Example of Line Gesture Drawing

Example of Scribble Gesture Drawing

An example of "Sustained Gesture" drawing--combining Line Gesture, Scribble Gesture and/or Mass Gesture for a gesture drawing that takes a little more time.