First, some 5 minute gestures. Nothing critical here, just more practice. Used an airbrush exclusively and varied the flow between 3 and 10% depending.

Also started creating an abstract piece based on some shapes and colors I was envisioning last evening while falling asleep. Can't say I like it, but I'm posting for the sake of posting in an attempt to document my failures. Uncertain whether or not I'll take it any further. Regardless, I should make it a point to finish what I start on a more frequent basis.

Some 5 (top) and 10 (bottom) min gestures. Outside of requiring more practice, there is nothing I would consider worth noting, save the image in the bottom right. In addition to having more of a fine art aesthetic, this image came together much, much quicker; in fact, the last 2 minutes or so I wasn't even making much progress. I'm attributing this to the method I used to render; namely my brush settings. I used an airbrush (softness 100% & flow ~3%) to generate the rough block out of the form, and afterward generated a more clean silhouette using the same brush settings as the past few nights (softness 0% & flow 10%). From then on, I alternated between the two settings as I saw fit. Will most definitely experiment more with this technique in the near future. Also should be noted that the relatively simplicity of the pose may also be a factor. 

More 60 sec and 120 sec gestures. 60 sec on top and 120 sec on bottom. Moving on to 5 minute gestures

120 sec gestures. Still difficult, trying not to get frustrated. Tried sketching the gestures based on the "Get to Grips with Gestures," article found in issue 102 of Imagine FX Magazine. I suppose that would constitute progress in itself--the application of new, learned material.

Out of touch, but still sketching here and there over the past week. Here are the newest sets of figure drawings. 60 seconds, newest to oldest, top to bottom.

More gestures. 60 seconds on the top half and 2 minutes on the bottom half. Took a while to warm up tonight, and I didn't really get into a groove until the last 10 gestures. Hard to say if there was any noticeable progress, but at least it's practice.

Spent maybe 30 or 40 minutes on this. Built from a gesture, as with the 60 second and 2 minute drawings. Did this one mainly for fun. Reference used.