Practice tools
Pick a category, set your timing, draw.
New here? Learn how to use these tools to become a better artist. How to use ART GYM →Figure study
Whole-body poses: standing, sitting, lying, moving, dancing.
Animals
Cats, dogs, horses, camels, birds and more, resting and moving.
Faces & expression
Heads from every angle, with a clear expression.
Hands & feet
Resting, holding, gesturing.
Basic shapes & still life
Simple forms, objects, food, fabric and plants.
Scenes & environments
Streets, homes and landscapes, indoors and out.
How to use these tools
Gesture drawing is drawing the movement of a pose, fast, before anything else. Each photo stays on screen for a short time, thirty seconds or a minute, and you draw what the whole body is doing: the lean, the twist, the weight. Then the next one appears.
The clock is the point. With only seconds, you cannot get lost in a face or a hand, so you learn to see the big shapes first. That habit is what makes longer drawings hold together later.
Start each pose with the line of action, one sweeping line that carries the energy of the pose from head to feet. Everything else hangs off it.
Class mode builds up from short poses to long ones, the way a life-drawing class does: a run of quick warm-ups, then a few minutes per pose, then one long study.
The goal is not a finished drawing. Most sheets will look like scribbles. What improves is your eye, and it shows the next time you draw anything.
A few minutes of thirty-second poses every day, as a warm-up, does more than one long session a week.
Detailed instructions
Step-by-step articles on gesture, the line of action and building a figure are in the Learn section. Improving technique →
Beyond gesture drawing
Longer poses for studies, anatomy articles, and critique from other artists on the Discord. Understanding anatomy · Community
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