Second week of the course - topic du jour: intro to Pentel pocket brush and sketching a tai chi master in action. I decided to use the brush for the gesture studies, and the result is not what was intended.The gesture studies should be done with one uninterrupted line, not an easy task if one does not master the brush. I tried to focus on sketching the folds in the clothes and the tassel of the sword to suggest movement. I am starting to notice a certain looseness in the line and an itsy-bitsy feeling of letting go the expectations of how these studies should look like... microscopic feeling ...
