Gesture drawing demo

Here are two demos for my Figure invention class. For three of the weeks, I bring in a costumed model for gesture drawing. I try to get people to add a background and some sort of story. I feel like if you get in the habit of doing that, it elevates your drawings to something more. even if you are doing just character design or just doodling.

quick sketching

Can you tell what I'm boarding on:

Class 4 demo

and my notes from story class. this really won't make sense without the lecture.

Class 3 demo

Class 2 demo

Again, probably doesn't make too much sense without the lecture: