Weeks 5 & 6: Form, Contours, and Getting Abstract

We used lines, shapes and patterns to get into abstract drawing. Students also ventured into drawing realistic form and contour lines.  Welcome back to returning sketchers from last year: Kevin, Enrique, Juan, and Aris. Scroll down to view everyone's drawings.

Referring to artwork by artists such as Kandinsky and Mondrian for ideas, students came up with their own amazing abstract compositions. Shown clockwise, starting upper left, are drawings by Arturo, Victor, Erika, and Cristian
 

Students also began drawing realistic form and contour edges. Victor's wolf (upper left) shows how he began with basic shapes of the wolf's body. Enrique's sketch shows natural looking contour edges of the wolf.

Francisco used ink for his contour drawing of the flowers. And Aris put together accurate proportions and realistic contour lines of the dragonfly.

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Weeks, 2, 3, & 4: Form, Contours, Positive/Negative Space

 Awesome progress, everyone! We continued with measuring accurate proportions and stepped into drawing realistically. We got into using positive and negative space to find contour edges of form as shown in Freddy's egret (upper left). Erika's dragon fly (upper right) is a great example of measuring proportions and drawing realistic contour edges.



Shown above are excellent examples of measuring proportions while looking at reference pictures. Francisco's jaguar drawing (upper left) shows the 3D form of its body and patterns for the fur and tail. Jazmin's lizard sketch uses patterns to show skin texture and wood.

Juan dropped in for a sketch session. His portrait of an Iroquois (upper left) displays his stellar skills. Highlight: Arturo broke through to a new level with very accurate proportions of the tiger (upper right) during our sketch session.

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