Dynamic Sketching: Charles Hu

Hu uses a specific kind of stick figure. It is not a matchstick man. It is a "bean with wires." You draw the torso as a bean shape (showing the tilt of the ribcage vs. the pelvis), and then you draw the gesture lines for the limbs—lines that curve and taper, rather than straight lines.

This structural approach allows artists to draw from imagination because they understand how forms occupy three-dimensional space. The Power of Pen and Ink dynamic sketching charles hu