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.

Click 'Read more' below to view everyone's drawings...

Freddy

You're definitely pulling together some great sketches, man! Keep it going!

Francisco

Excellent line work and spot-on proportions!

Cristian

Big-time progress in drawing realistic, accurate proportions, especially on the dragonfly! Nice on the jaguar you drew on large paper!

Erika

Simply wonderful line work and proportions! Your dragonfly is a big step in drawing realistically.

Arturo

Excellent progress in measuring proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes)! Keep sketching light guidelines for the shapes of things and finishing with darker outlines. Your study sketches of the dragonfly show a lot of progress in drawing realistically.

Jazmin

You the course a little late, but you jumped in with some amazing sketches showing accurate proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes). Your work shows a lot of control of lines and shapes.

Victor

Wonderful progress, man! You've got an accurate eye for proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes). The form of the dragonfly is very well drawn.

Jose

The confidence in your line work shows in these sketches, especially the dragonfly. Nice job of measuring accurate proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes). Great start in using positive and negative space for the egret.

Juan

Great to have you draw with us. Hope to see more of your work!