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Ignacio

Jesus

Leydi

Pedro


Oliver


Ruby

Drawing Challenge: Aztec God Tonatiuh

Draw Tonatiuh's Face
Take time to look for the dark outlines of the shapes. Start by drawing light guidelines for the shapes, and then draw darker outlines to finish. If you have time, lightly draw the different gray tones. Draw large on your paper while looking for accurate proportions.

Draw by looking at this on your computer screen or print this page:

Salinas Sketchers in Action

Week Five: Proportions and 'Monkey See, Monkey Draw'

Last week we drew after the Mexican mural painter David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974). You continued learning to draw proportions while looking at his painting of a woman. You also used lines and shapes to draw some cool monkeys. Your drawings are shown below.

Your challenge this morning is to use lines, shapes, and patterns (no real life people or objects) to create an abstract drawing. Draw big, and use the whole paper for your composition. Listen to music, draw the rhythm and harmony! Use your imagination, your emotions and have fun.

Examples of abstract artists to help you get started: Click here

Examples of abstract drawings by students in Santa Cruz: Click here


Abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky

And... check out the eXpReSsiOn sEsSiOn section. There are new posts by Alex P. (shown below), Ian, and Ignacio. Anyone can post drawings.



I'll have another fun abstract drawing project and independent projects for students when I see you at 10:00. --Rob

Jacob V.

Your ability to see and draw accurate proportions really shows in all of these sketches!! Excellent pencil techniques, especially the shading on the woman and texture of the hair on the monkey. Great start on the contour lines of the skull. Also, check out your drawings from the previous week: Click here

Jasmine

Alright, Jasmine!! Outstanding effort on drawing the proportions of the woman! GREAT shading of the arms and the highlights in the hair. Each time you redraw your subject the accuracy of proportions improves, just like when you drew the dog (Click here).

Marisol

Excellent! Work! Marisol! Your contour lines accurately show the proportions on all your drawings. I like how your contour lines naturally define the edges of the dog. GREAT job of drawing the proportions of the woman. The shading and highlights in her hair are a very nice touch!