Gesture Drawing

I usually introduce gesture/figure drawing in Art II.  In Art III and IV, I continue to use gesture/figure drawing exercises in the classroom.  I usually have students draw with graphite sticks or vine charcoal.  This past semester, my student teacher, Miss Markakis, taught a figure drawing lesson using India ink.  Students make quick gestures in ink.  They then created a palette of ink tones with water.  They went back into the gestures and added details with varying tones of ink.  I love the results!  The work looks great and definitely worthy of including in their college portfolios.  This is a lesson I will be sure to do again.