Week Two: Lines, Shapes, Overlapping, Proportion

Last Friday everyone learned to overlap shapes (placing things in front of other things) to create depth of space in your drawing. You also made excellent progress in drawing accurate proportions. Keep practicing comparing the shapes you draw to the picture or object you're looking at. Scroll down to view your work. Remember to click on your drawings to view them larger. :-)

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn
Many of you brought in drawings you made during school time with Hilda and Patty. This is wonderful!! And now we have a special place for your cool creations (Keep 'em coming!): Expression Session.


Expression Session Drawings by Arianna (above left) and Elvis (right)
View the Expression Session

Okay! Ready for a challenge?...


Drawing Challenge: Get Abstract!
For those of you who have time, here's a little challenge for you to do this week: Use the map to your house we sketched last week to create an abstract drawing. Abstract artwork doesn't show people, places, or things. Use the whole sheet of paper--draw big! Use your imagination! The simple lines and shapes of your map are a starting point to design your composition. Add any abstract lines, shapes, patterns, and tones (black and gray) to fill your composition.

Examples of artwork by big-time abstract artists to give you ideas: Click here

C ya Friday! --Rob