The Honest Gesture

      Traditionally, figure drawing sessions are approximately three hours, broken into 20 minute segments.  The model takes five minute breaks between segments.  Artists usually spend the first 20 minutes warming up, that is, drawing 30 second, 1 minute and/or two minute poses.  The purpose of this exercise is to “feel” the pose rather than to “think” about it, to “get loose.”

      I have spent about six hours per week studying the human figure since 1987. Initially, I workedonly in dry media, charcoal, pencil, crayon, etc.  Only after a number of years did I feel I had enough knowledge of the figure to add the element of color to the gesture “experience”.  For my gesture paintings, the model assumes a pose for four minutes. I paint these pictures in that span of time.

      Each painting is a culmination of what I have learned from my constant observation ofthe figure and from my experience in visually expressing my sensations in response to a model’sfour minute pose.  When I paint gestures I am learning to focus on my perception, to experience and express my emotional and visceral reaction to that visual input. Painting a model doing gesture poses expands my consciousness in the realms of sight, sensation, and emotion. I do not reflect.  I do not consider.  I do not judge.  I do not anticipate.  I am in the moment.  I respond—that’s all.

AnneKarin Glass

Visual Thinker

 

05011 Undecided

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charcoal/paper

05012 Ballarina

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charcoal/paper

05017 Lost Cause

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charcoal/paper

05019 Reaching for the Stars

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charcoal/paper

05021 Hard News

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05024 Gymnast

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charcoal/paper

05029 A New Deal

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charcoal/paper

05030 Torso Structure

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charcoal/paper

05032 Lusty Lady

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charcoal/paper

05036 Bowler

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charcoal/paper

05037 Slipping

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charcoal/paper

05056 Criss Cross

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charcoal/paper

05057 Reaching for the Stars

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charcoal/paper

05064 Side Stretch

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charcoal/paper

05081 Wild

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charcoal/paper

05082 Down

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charcoal/paper

05236 Slinky Toy

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charcoal/paper

05251 Escape

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05262 Supporting Hand

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05269 Commitment

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05275 Finishing the Race

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05290 Long Reach

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05298 Good Riddance

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05307 Swing

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05313 Consider

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05314 Relish

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05321 Portrait of Ecstacy

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05324 Her

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05327 Awe

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05332 Coy

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05334 Aware

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05335 So Long

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05339 Circumspect

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05341 Veiled View

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05350 Driving the Stake

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05351 Stright Man

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05362 Granma's Disgust

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05367 Expulsion

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05374 Ecstatic Waltz

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05376 Worship

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05378 Funny Look

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05386 Chilling

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05389 Anxious for You

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05391 Witch Dance

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05395 Working at It

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05433 Hurrying Home

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05618 Love Follows You

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05626 Hanging Over

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05631 Swing Low

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05633 Taken Aback

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05634 Hot Foot

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05637 Crouch

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05653 Girl on her Way Out

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05658 Quick Nap

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05660 Feigning Thought

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05666 Disbelief

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05682 Free

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05698 Short Whip

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05715 Stepping Out

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05723 Leaning Towards Me

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05724 Crushed

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05767 My Address

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05775 Feeling Faint

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05778 Wiggly

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05779 Find Me

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05784 Form in Motion

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05785 Hop Skip Jump

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05834 Lasso

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05836 Ha Ha Ha

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05848 Braking with the Party

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05840 Stomach Cramp

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05842 Wild Dream

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05843 Thinking of a Customer

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05844 Duty Bound

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05845 I Can't Pay the Rent

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05846 Doo Dah

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05849 Polling

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05852 First to Finish

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05853 Acrobat

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05856 My Shadow

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05894 Ambrosia

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05929 Haunting Music

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05950 Lucky Harlot

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05952 Gettin' Her Kicks

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05956 I Don't Mind

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05958 Taking flight

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05961 Tits on Parade

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05965 Making Magic

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15021 Man on the Job

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15024 Happy Girl

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15047 New Bruise

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15056 Refugee

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15064 Happiness

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15081 Rushing Out

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15095 Graceful Gesture

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15097 Oh Well

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15098 What the Hell

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15206 Found Object

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15217 Unfinidhed Business

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15238 How Does She Do It

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15245 Abstract Search

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15257 Tough Girl

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15264 Humble Petitioner

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15269 Awaiting Answers

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15271 Hate My Hair

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15272 Chasing a Mosquito

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15276 Giving Glory

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15279 Passionate Dance

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15281 Enthusiasm

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15294 Hamstring Stretch

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15296 Oops

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15302 Cross Ledded

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15307 Zip Zap

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15309 Wiggly One

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15310 Death Throws

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15312 Foot Cramp

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15314 Emperor's Cloths

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15317 Getting Herself Together

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15330 Hi Ho

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15360 Racing Away

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15361 All of Us

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15362 Hold Me

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15363 Seeker

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15364 Celebrant

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15365 Hoopster

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15366 Russian Dancer

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15366 Show Me

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15368 Two Dancers

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15369 Shadows

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15370 Other Influences

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15371 Two to Tango

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15372 Counterweight

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15378 Girl's body

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15379 Happy Back

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15390 Escape Artist

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15408 Almost Thoughts

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15442 Contemplation

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