The Easy Way to Draw Hard Poses

FREE eBook on Rhythms! Get my handy guide teaching you how to draw the rhythms of the body - In this lesson, I’ll show you how to capture dynamic gesture and flow in a complex foreshortened pose. We’ll tackle essential techniques for observing and breaking down challenging perspectives, analyzing the angles and capturing the specific rhythms of the pose. You’ll see the importance of finding the overall flow before rendering details and how directional lines, thoughtful mark-making, and an understanding of anatomy allows us to bring energy and motion to a pose. There’s even some tips for conveying depth and foreshortening with a few strategic decisions. Want more? The premium Drawing Basics course provides more insights into achieving believable proportions and capturing dynamic shapes in your drawings. The course is a thorough and approachable starter for any beginner or intermediate who wants to get a really solid foundation of fundamentals to draw anything from reference or from imagination - 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - Starting the Upper Half 04:14 - Moving onto the Lower Half 08:59 - Adding in Some Details 10:22 - Outro Related Links: THIS Improves Your Gesture Drawing - Draw ANY Pose From ANY Angle - How to Draw Arms and Legs From Any Angle - #figuredrawing #gesture #drawingfundamentals Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko () Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Charlie Nicholson Production Assistance - Hongju Lim, Stephen Clark (), Charlie Nicholson Editing - Hongju Lim (), Charlie Nicholson () Publishing - Alex Otis Additional model images from Grafit Studio () and Satine Zillah Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound