Sometimes called scribble studies, a completed gesture drawing need not accurately resemble the subject when done correctly.
Gesture drawing is often performed as a warm-up for a life drawing session.
The artist who undertakes gesture drawing also receives the benefits of self-training their drawing ability.
Gesture drawings may take as long as two minutes, or as short as five seconds, depending on what the focus of the exercise is.
All three types of drawing are considered to be gesture drawings; the practice of drawing a series of bodies in still form.
Gesture drawing is a warm-up exercise for many artists, although some artists sketch out the gesture as the first step in every figure drawing.
For some artists, a gesture drawing is the first step in preparing a more sustained work.
