Fanny Hagdahl Sörebo

Hi, thank you!

For figure drawing, I'd say there are two things that will really give you a good foundation - gesture drawing and anatomy.

Practicing gesture drawing (like doing super short poses, using different limitations i.e. continuous line, cutout, different mediums, not looking down) and focusing on getting the feeling of the pose and the weight nailed down more and more instinctually will give your drawings that much more of a solid base.

And learning anatomy will make it easier to understand what you're looking at when you're drawing, which in turn makes things faster.

Andrew Loomis' "Successful drawing" and Mike Mattesi's "Force" are two books that I found really helpful. I don't necessarily think the drawing styles in them are the most interesting, but the insights are useful and you can always pick and choose what you think is necessary for your own goals.

And draw a lot, don't be too precious about things. Especially figure drawing. Someone said to me they always try whatever idea pops into their head, even if it ruins the drawing, because that way they'll have learned something new, instead of played it safe.

voguing at the life drawing session!

Last four!

And all 30 PleinAirprils together. :)