Thursday, May 14, 2009

Week Three: Patterns, Texture, Positive/Negative Space, Proportion

Everyone is doing a great job of overlapping shapes to create depth in your drawings. You're also creating really nice patterns and textures in your drawings.

All of you jumped in and drew an egret while learning about positive and negative space. Last week's highlights would have to be Vicky's jaguar drawing and Diana getting an excellent start at drawing the jaguar. We'll continue working on drawing accurate, realistic proportions.

>>This morning's challenge is to draw the proportions of a puppy. Remember, draw light guidelines for accurate proportions. Look for where the negative space of the white background meets the positive space of the dog's brown head and shoulders. That's where you'll carefully draw contour lines for the edges of its head and shoulders.

>>Reference picture for drawing the puppy: Click here

I've added a section called Expression Session. It's a gallery for your freestyle drawings. Go ahead, express yourself. But remember, the gallery is rated 'G'. And, you can post work in Expression Session only after you've finished your class assignments.


C ya! --Rob

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