GESTURES IN DIFFERENT MATERIALS

     In class, we often draw our gestures with vine charcoal. I believe that the softness and unpredictability of this type of charcoal reflects the curves of life seen on the subject and forces users to draw without "restraint" (A regular pencil often encourages emerging artists to draw in unnecessary details in gesture drawings).
     However, once comfortable with gesture drawings and drawing in general, you can try different mediums. From more compressed charcoal to ball-point pens, there's no end to the number of materials one can use in their gesture drawings. Here's a few examples I found while scouring the web:

Compressed charcoal~

Ball-point pens. It's a love/hate-relationship with pens among artists~

Paint. Liquid-like mediums allows the artists to better reflects movements of the human body~

 

Here's one I did using different mediums and paper. The results can be fun~