As the first volume was such a delight to read, I thought I'd take a look at the second to see if there were any more interesting insights into gesture drawing. Skim-reading it, I found that on the whole it tended to simply elaborate further on what was mentioned in the first book, or showed different students examples for what was being put forward. However, I did still find it useful as it mentioned other artist's views on capturing the essence of a gesture; a great opportunity for me to triangulate in my writing.
Quotes I considered to be potentially useful/interesting:
"Acting is the parallel between you and the stage actor - the difference being, you act with a pencil, he acts with his body. But the background, training, and preparation are all the same - the knowledge and understanding of human (and animal) nature."
"So I encourage the artists not to copy what is before them but add some zest to the gesture - to become the comic actor, so to speak, and step out of the ordinary."
"Ron [Husband] believes quick sketching is an aid to animation. He maintains sketching will enhance drawing ability, quicken your eye, help you to analyse action in a shorter period of time."
"Quick sketching is benefical because it bypasses the temptation to analyse or copy - there is only time to get 'that visual sensation' and hastening it onto paper."
Maren Elwood in Characters Make Your Story: "No fuzzy thinking is allowable if you are to create a full emotional effect of the character on the reader."
Bob Thomas & Don Graham in The Art of Animation: "A gesture always implies an idea." "The unfortunate and limited use of the term 'gesture' to imply only hand action is widespread. except in rare incidents the hand action is to an animator merely part of the gesture. The mood or spirit of the whole action dictates the hand actions; and the total impact of the action - body, heads, hands - is the gesture."
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