About Drawing 1, it was hard but worth all the hard work. I was dreading this class. I was and avid "I can't draw" person. To the point it could have been the poster child. As I took this class I realized that was an incorrect statement. I should have said, " I draw all the time but not realistic or naturalist stuff." Although after this class, I can do that if I want (but I really don't want too).
We started doing Structural Sketches the academic way, lots and lots of structural sketches. Like this chair.
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| The enemy of my classmates and myself |
This frustrated me a lot. If fact it got so bad, one time after class I cried. Seriously. However after much prayer and seeking wise counsel, I started making progress. It turned out I wasn't as bad I as thought I was.
Eventually we started learning about contour lines too and received our first official project: 4 Hands
Four Hands was an assignment were we drew four separate hands on a 18 X 24 sheet of paper using contour lines. Contour lines are lines that defines a form or an edge.
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| Four Hands |
Next we did an organic and found object composition of our choice with contour and cross-contour lines. Cross-contour lines are line that go across the surface of an object. I choose to do keys and leaves on a flat surface.
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| Keys and Leaves |
Then it was a matter of repetition. We did two self portraits: one in contour lines and another in cross-contours.
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| Self portrait in contours |
Our final project was a diptych which is a two part work of art.
I documented this experience in my first few posts: Drawing One Final: Diptych Drawings, Subject Acquired, Change In Plan!, and I finished It (For class anyway).
Overall it was hard work but a great experience.
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