Last week was a busy one for all of our brains!
Everyone started the week by combining what you've learned about lines, shapes, patterns, and textures to create an abstract drawings. Many of you spent several hours on this project. Some of you used a lot of high contrast between white and black. Others blended gray tones or used geometric shapes to make intricate designs. There was one thing all of you enjoyed doing with this drawing challenge: letting your imaginations run wild! Here's the abstract challenge for reference: Click
Then, on Friday, all of you experimented with shifting from the left side of the brain (analytical, verbal) to the right side (emotional, visual). Drawing the negative space around the rocking chair forced your brain to shift from left mode to right mode. Then, to take the left/right modal shift a little further, you drew the positive form of the chair--with the picture of the chair upside down! These exercises made a lot of you a little crazy. But I was really impressed to see everyone work through the challenges of drawing positive and negative space. It will be valuable knowledge for the remaining weeks ahead. Which side of your brain do you think was used when creating your abstract drawing?
Ready for this week's challenge?
Draw the background elements around the 3D cube. Then draw the cube itself. Compare your drawing to the reference picture to make sure the angles of the planes of the cube are correct. Blend the shading to show the shadows from the light source. If you'd like, use color to show the cube. Remember to start with light guidelines before adding darker lines and details. Here's the link to the reference picture: Click
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Draw the puppy! Show the background texture (negative space) around the form of the puppy's head. Don't forget to start with light guidelines for the basic shapes of the puppy. Add lines and tones to show the texture of the dog's coat of hair. Here's the link to the reference picture: Click
Draw on, SLV Sketchers! --Rob
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