Gymnast On Horse Bench Shirtless Male Torso Figure Pen & Ink Drawing #419A

Description

Gymnast 419A, shirtless male torso figure pen & ink drawing by artist Stephen Condren, as seen on Quora.com.

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Gymnast 419A, on horse bench shirtless male torso figure pen & ink drawing by artist Stephen Condren.

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Gymnast 419A, on horse bench shirtless male torso figure pen & ink drawing by artist Stephen Condren, matted white in the size of 11″ x 14″.

Figure Drawing Genres

Below are three links to genres of figure drawing genres that I have done to help you understand my process:

1. Pen & Ink sketch & wash:  #2835A
2. Color & lead pencil illustrations:  #312A
3. Watercolors and tempera:  #1253A

Figure

This figure drawing is of a gymnast on a horse bench is making a rapid turn.

Gymnast 419A

The rendering of the young man at the parallel bars is a simple line drawing. I used a fine point pen nib to make the drawing. It is always difficult to drawing moving figures because you have to catch the movement when there is none. I did not want to use extended line strokes outside of the figure because that would make it look like a cartoon, or catalogue illustration.

Drawing Characteristics

Figure

Characteristics of this figure drawing are the lines. Since the gymnast has his left hand blocked by his legs it looks like I forgot to draw it. However, I did a study of this and it showed that it was best to leave it the way it is because it putting his left hand in would distort the drawing.

Photographs & Image

Photos can be found on the Internet by searching for parallel bars gymnasts.