Turning our notion of drawing "upside down"

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Sep 6, 2022
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Tuesday Sept 6

Class collaborative drawing: Let's draw a house! (In class collaborative drawing)

This house and landscape has many of the same features we all drew - including me when I was your age - and many of us that grew up in different places! We learn to think visually in symbolic representations - instead of learning to really look at what is in front of us and finding ways to draw what we actually see.

Now that we understand our brains are trained to think in symbol sets, let's learn some techniques for switching that up - to learning to draw what we see - instead of what we "think" we see.

ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS: Starting with upside down drawing. (In class independent drawing of images)

Instructions: Position the following drawing next to your sketchbook - upside down. Cover the page with a blank paper so as to only reveal the top 1/4 " portion of the page.

Pay attention to the lines, their position on the page, their thickness and how it changes as it moves across the page, direction of the lines, the amount and shape of space between the edges of the lines - and repeat the lines and shapes of spaces proportionally (the same size and spacing) as you see on the page onto your sketchbook at the same exact places. DO NOT TRY TO NAME WHAT YOU SEE. When you have completed the 1/4", move your cover page down another 1/4" and repeat until you have reached the bottom of the page. If you finish one, try the next one on a new page.