E.M. Gist life drawing/ Updated 9/20/10 post 196

[courtyard]

Unbelievable...truly beautiful work. Thank you so much for posting.

[tokszmogus]

Thank you for the inspiration man, really. That's made me pushing myself more, especially when I saw how quickly you've modeled the shapes and blocked in all proportions. What for you takes minutes for me takes hours. Keep going. Wish best of everything for you :-).

[George Abraham]

WOW!!

I was wondering though, if you get to that stage do you get over it and do conceptart or do you get kinda stuck drawing beutifull anatomy forever?

[E.M.GIST]

courtyard & tokszmogus: thanks guys

zaorr: Thanks, I don't do concept design too much anymore, but I am a freelance illustrator. Here is my website www.erikgist.com

[*ViRuS*]

these are great. very bold, but also very subtle. really good work. =)

[AztcFireFlower]

Erik, ALL your new stuff is beautiful. Nice lessons in your drawings and love to read your explanations.

[E.M.GIST]

*virus* Thank you
AztcFireFlower- Hey Esmeralda, thanks. Hope all is well with you.

[JS Neo]

It is really great to see such beautiful pieces. I've being to ur blog and really appreciate all the notes and processes that you posted on it. They helped me alot!! Hope to see more gorgeous art being posted here

[E.M.GIST]

Figure demos 25 min +/-






Head Demo 25 min


Quick Sketch 5 min +/-

[hemP]

These are so awesome, can't wait to get there and start classes...

[MurdokX]

lovely gestures, do you contour after the block out from the charcoal/chalk?

[E.M.GIST]

hemP- Looking forward to having you, when do you get in town?

MurdokX- If I understand the question, yes. In case I don't I first look for the long simple flowing gesture lines (line of action, movement between forms, etc) then I map in any substantial structure and foreshortening (mannequinizing) then I block in shadows, thinking in terms of simple planes. Lastly I reinforce the contour where I feel it is good to do so.

[erik-jan v/d schuur]

wow thanks for posting all of this
sow much energy in every drawing verry nice strokes!!
and made, with a verry hard medium

do you start with the back ground strokes first, or do you start with the lines of the body?

beautifull work!

[hemP]

I'm getting there sometime around july 5th-7th I think... driving from florida lmao, already got the apartment for the first semester, do you know of any students that are looking for a roommate in the future?

[E.M.GIST]

hemP- We will have to set up a BBQ or sketch night so you can meet some of the folks. I don't know anyone at the moment, but there are a few new people moving in to town that might be good.

'ej- I have done both before, but most often with the lines of the body. Perhaps I will have to put together a little tutorial.

[kevinwueste]

fantastic!!! 10 stars! - kw

[hunchback]

cries*
gorgeous, so delicate xD

cya

[xinranliu]

lovely, mr. gist

[SwordOfDivineFire]

Outstanding. Great job...

[callie catastrophe]

These are great studies, i loved how you used the different shading tones. the 5min ones were expecially good.

[E.M.GIST]

Hey all, I have not been teaching a lot of life drawing classes so have not had much to show, but here is what I do have.

Some more constructive stuff.








Some warm-up stuff





and a couple demos from my outdoor sketching, the first was done from a photo, the second on location

[E.M.GIST]

Here is step x step I recently shot of a test drawing I did for a personal project.

[purb36]

lovely AND informative: the best of both worlds. keep pushing; thanks for the great updates!

[HunterKiller_]

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous.

[mattlinz]

Great work! I could look at these all day!

[Industrellect]

Amazing way of capturing light, this is wonderful.

[pennington]

awesome stuff! I always come here before doing any life drawing just to get in the mode

[aadi]

nice work keep it up

[Cam Sykes]

Craving an update mate

[Jordan Lamarre-Wan]

very nice!