Don’t Use a Line of Action (Controversial but True)

You can still do the Fresh Eyes mini-course! Sign up to our community and get our super useful newsletter too: Join our community and access our free references: Get our free guide to life drawing skills and join our super useful newsletter: Tutorial introducing the Fresh Eyes mini-course: Tutorial about seeing the pelvis and finding the ASIS points: Tutorial about seeing the ribcage form in a pose: A lot of the advice out there about figure drawing suggests starting with a ’Line of Action’. This is a line that flows through the forms of the figure, and the idea is to ensure the drawing starts with the overall movement and shape of the pose. However, in this video, I argue that for most people drawing from life or reference, this is not a good way to start your drawing. I also provide you with an alternative starting point that I think works better. 0:00 Intro 1:06 Why it doesn’t work 5:18 What to do instead 8:12 Examples 10:45 When a LOA could work