Week One: Lines, Shapes, Contours, Proportions

Great to be drawing with the Salinas Sketchers again! New students practiced holding the pencil sideways while sketching--a little bit of a challenge--and drawing with lines and shapes. Everyone did a great job of drawing accurate proportions. Scroll down to view your drawings with my comments.


Pencil warm-up drawing by Aris

Returning students took their previous lesson drawing (the agave plant) to a larger sheet of paper, keeping accurate proportions while drawing BIG! Everyone did an excellent job of drawing contour lines showing the edges of the leaves. Everyone got into the zone while using the different kinds of pencil leads. Click on images to enlarge for viewing:


Left to right: Eduardo, Pedro, Erik


Left to right: Ruby, Carlos

See you on Tuesday! --Rob

Aris

Awesome drawings, Aris!!! Once you got used to holding the pencil sideways your drawings improved quickly. Excellent job of drawing accurate proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) of the puffer fish and crab. Each time you made a new sketch your lines became more confident and proportions more accurate. You REALLY got into the zone while drawing the toucan--lots of control in your line work! The proportions of the bird are accurately drawn and the gray tones are a nice touch. Carlos did a nice job of helping you with his shading style. :-)

Lizette

You're off to a great start in drawing with lines and shapes, Lizette!! Excellent how you focused on holding your pencil sideways while sketching light guidelines for the basic shapes. And it's great how you drew BIG on the paper while keeping accurate proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes). Very good start on drawing the toucan--lots more confidence in your line work. The proportions of its body are very well drawn.



Each time you made new sketches the proportions became more accurate.


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Jose

EXCELLENT drawings, Jose!!! I know that holding the pencil on its side was a challenge, but you pulled of some really cool sketches as you gained more control. Each time you made a new sketch of the crab, the proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) became more accurate. Then you dropped into the zone while drawing the puffer fish. Great job in drawing accurate proportions of its body, fins, and facial expression. And then you got a really nice start in drawing accurate proportions of the toucan's body. Looks like you ran out of space for its head. :-) Keep practicing sketching light guidelines; then finishing with darker outlines.