Week Four: Proportion, Texture, Contour Lines

Last Friday everyone made a big step towards making accurate realistic drawings. I saw a lot of confidence in your sketching skills as you drew realistic contour lines. Some of you dropped into the Zone right at the start of class and concentrated on drawing accurately.

Read about what I mean by 'getting into the Zone': Click here

Last week, for the drawing challenge, you had the job as a concept artist to sketch a school mascot. Check out eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn to view the fun.

Left: SL Bee Mascot by Elvis

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Keep drawing! --Rob

Miranda

Really nice contour lines of the dragon fly's body and wings!!! Way cool how you drew thin lines to show transparent wings. The overall proportions of the dragonfly are VERY well drawn. You got a great start sketching the light shapes of wolf. Be nice to see you finish the wolf. I watched you sketch on Friday and your ability to quickly sketch accurate shapes and guidelines is improving in a big way--you were in the Zone. Miranda, you're sooo ready for drawing more realistically.



Read about getting into the Zone: Click here

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Nick

Your drawing of the dragon fly is a MAJOR step toward drawing realistically, Nick! You did a fantastic job of drawing larger while keeping accurate proportions of the dragon fly's body and wings. The contour lines that show the curves forming the edges of its body are very well drawn. Nice job of including realistic details such as the lines for the transparent wings, thorax, and eyes. Keep focused on drawing larger, accurate shapes and then finishing with darker contour lines.

Read about getting into the Zone: Click here

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Elvis

You are definitely back on track with your realistic drawing, Elvis!! The overall proportions of the dragonfly are drawn very well. You did an excellent job of sketching basic shapes; then carefully drawing natural-looking contour lines for the form of its body and wings.

Read about getting into the Zone: Click here

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Arianna

You jumped right in and concentrated on some really nice drawings last Friday!! You were REALLY in the Zone while drawing the dragonfly. The proportions of the dragonfly and wolf are accurately drawn. You got a great start on drawing the basic shapes for the proportions of the wolf (be great if you could finish it). The contour lines that form the dragonfly's body and wings are very well drawn. Nice job on making the wings look transparent by drawing thinner lines.

Read about getting into the Zone: Click here

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Matt

Your own unique drawing style is emerging in your work, Matt!! The overall proportions of the dragonfly are very well drawn. I really like how you drew heavier contour lines for the body and thinner lines for the details of the wings, making the wings look transparent. The natural-looking contour lines showing the edges that form its body are huge step in drawing more realistically.

Read about getting into the Zone: Click here

eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn Challenge for this week:
Draw how you feel, right at this moment. For example: Are you feeling happy, sad, angry, excited, or frustrated? You can express your emotions with your imagination, from memory, or from something you're looking at. Use lines, shapes, patterns, textures, and gray tones. It can be abstract or representational (recognizable things), it's up to you and your feelings. Use the whole paper for your composition.

Getting Into the "Zone"

Imagine playing your favorite video game (or a sport or activity you enjoy), and getting your best-ever score. Every move you make scores mega-points! You're in a state of mind where everything flows naturally without having to think about it. You're in the Zone.

In drawing, being in the Zone is when you don't have to think about what you're drawing. Everything seems to flow out of the tip of your pencil. Each time you draw, it takes a little time to find the Zone (just like when you're playing video games). But with practice it gets easier and easier to naturally drop into it. And when you're in the Zone, your drawings will amaze you!