Tips for Expressive Figure Drawing (Top 5!)

Get personal mentorship for figure drawing: https://tinyurl.com/GestureMasterclass Free weekly Drawing Life Newsletter: https://drawinglife.substack.com This is how to develop an expressive style for figure drawing. In this video I share my top 5 tips for making expressive and powerful drawings. This includes drawing gesture (of course) and using gesture to develop your expression, but I also share tips about what mediums to use, mark making, what scale to work on and how to control contrast and line weight. These tips will help you to improve your figure drawing overall as well as your quick gesture studies. Let me know in the comments if you find this useful, or if you have a specific strategy for expressive drawing, while also trying to maintain accuracy. Join me on Instagram, tag me in your figure drawings so I can see your work! 👉 Instagram: @drawinglife.io Here is a list of my preferred drawing materials. These are affiliate links, so if you pick up any of these items via my links it means you'll be supporting this channel, and that you are awesome ❤️ Newsprint Paper https://amzn.to/3xGExT9 The exact Compressed Charcoal that I use: https://amzn.to/41l8BRV Alternative Charcoal (I don't use but also popular): https://amzn.to/3xKFkCA Willow Charcoal https://amzn.to/3SB2OUp The ROLLS ROYCE of Charcoals (Nitram): https://amzn.to/3krteei Kneaded eraser https://amzn.to/3Es5Y6I For drawing a longer, more finished piece I use good quality paper such as: Fabriano Paper https://amzn.to/3Kus9Nz Hahnemuhle Paper https://amzn.to/3SjyPjA 00:00 Intro 01:30 Tip 0 :) 01:46 Choose Expressive Mediums 03:00 Vary Your Marks 04:00 Add Detail Sparingly 05:00 Have Areas of Contrast 05:46 Draw Large!