1. Gesture Drawing

2. What is a gesture drawing.
• Gesture drawings or Gestures are quick
sketches of a subject.
• Gestures are used to capture the position or
movement of a subject very quickly.
• An artist will often work back into a gesture or
use it in an artwork later.

3. Rembrandt Gestures

4. Rembrandt Gestures
• What kinds of line
does the artist use?
• What do you think
this person is doing.

5. Michelangelo Gesture

6. Michelangelo Painting
• How did
Michelangelo Plan
for this painting?
• How can you use
gesture to plan your
artworks?

7. Pablo Picasso Gesture
• Not only are gesture
drawings used for
creating highly
realistic images like
the Rembrandt and
Michelangelo works,
but also for more
recent artists.

8. Giacometti Gestures