Week Six: Space and Form

Wow! Everyone made big progress last week! Some of you chose to draw the cube sculpture and some of you chose to draw the dog in last week's challenges. Both challenges included exercises in drawing foreground and background as well as 3D form. The cube introduced perspective drawing.

Dog
Many of you drew the dog in Sketchy's Challenge last week, and you did a great job of drawing contour lines to form its head and neck. On Friday, everyone in class drew the same dog, but this time learned to use grid lines for drawing accurate proportions. Everyone was surprised at how much more accurate their drawings turned out.

Cube Sculpture
Several of you chose the cube for last week's challenge. Overall, everyone got a great start at drawing in perspective. We'll practice the system of perspective drawing next week.

This Week's Challenge: Weird Face Profile
This strange looking guy was sketched by Leonardo da Vinci. He used a drawing technique called cross-hatching to show the form of the man's head. To draw cross-hatched lines, you cross lines over others to create contours, textures, and shaded areas.

Start by printing the image of the man's profile. Draw a grid, like we did for last week's dog drawing, to help you draw correct proportions. See how many lines you can duplicate in your drawing, showing muscles and texture. Loosen up your lines and have fun!

Here's Leonardo's sketch for you to draw from: Click here

c ya Friday! --Rob

Elvis

Dog
Excellent progress in drawing realistically! Your first drawing of the dog shows the basic form of the dog, and the blending of the gray tones is a very nice touch. But your attempt with the grid lines is a BIG improvement. Keep concentrating on improving the accuracy of proportions.

Cube Sculpture
Excellent 3D form of the cube. The angled lines that form the cube are drawn very well. A couple of the lines need to be more parallel. We can go over this in class on Friday. We'll practice perspective drawing next week. I like how the buildings in the background are drawn lighter to give the picture depth. Nice shading on the angled planes of the cube. And the cast shadow on the ground adds depth to your picture.

Shaylah

Dog
You've made a big breakthrough with your drawing of the dog! You concentrated on drawing accurate guidelines for proportions. And you took time to carefully measure for accuracy. Then you drew accurate contour lines for the form of the dog. You did a very good job of drawing a realistic jaw line and neck.

Cube Sculpture
Good job of drawing the angled lines of the cube and shape of the ellipse on top. Excellent shading on the sides of the cube, showing the reflection of the ground.

Gage

Dog
Big improvement in drawing realistically! You did an excellent job of taking the time to draw guidelines and measuring proportions of the dog's face and ears. The curved line for the jaw and positioning of the nose are accurately drawn. Keep practicing drawing accurate guidelines and contour lines.

Cube Sculpture
Good start with drawing the angled lines of the cube. Check the shape of the circle on the cube, it should be more elliptical. We'll practice perspective drawing next week.

Craig

Dog
Excellent job of drawing the proportions of the dog! You did a very good job of drawing guidelines, then drawing darker contour lines to form the dog. Proportions of the ears, eyes, and neck are accurately drawn. Keep practicing drawing accurate guidelines and proportions.

Cube Sculpture
I like how you used the entire sheet of paper for your composition. Check the angled lines of the cube for correct parallels (I'll show you in class). Also check the shape of the circle on the cube. Good start at drawing in perspective

Michael

Your drawing continues to improve each week! Your first picture of the dog, including the light and dark tones, was well-drawn. But your picture with the grid shows a BIG improvement in contour lines and realistic proportions. Keep practicing!

Leif

I was very impressed with how you stayed focused on measuring proportions of the dog, sketching guidelines, making corrections, then sketching new lines. The grid lines helped you draw realistically. I like the quick, stylized sketch you made of the dog, after the grid exercise. Great progress!

Jared

Great job of drawing the angled lines to form the cube. How you blended the gray tones of the in the background creates a wonderful contrast between the metallic surfaces of the cube and the buildings. We'll work on perspective drawing next week.

Our Teachers!

Hilda

Very cool drawings! The blended gray tones, contour lines, and textures in the first picture are very well drawn. But I know you were thrilled with the accurate proportions of the drawing with grid lines.

Patty

You continue to amaze us with your drawing skills! I really like the subtle changes in tone and textures that form the dog, especially around the eye, roundness of the nose, and jaw line. Wonderful drawing!

This Week's Drawing Challenge: Weird Face Profile

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This strange looking guy was sketched by Leonardo da Vinci. He used a drawing technique called cross-hatching to show the form of the man's head. To draw cross-hatched lines, you cross lines over others to create contours, textures, and shaded areas.

Start by printing the image of the man's profile. Draw a grid, like we did for last week's dog drawing, to help you draw correct proportions. See how many lines you can duplicate in your drawing, showing muscles and texture. Loosen up your sketching lines, and have fun!