5 ways of achieving PERSPECTIVE:
1. linear perspective (1, 2, & 3 point-perspective, vanishing point w/ a line of horizon)
2 overlapping (layering)
3. size (the larger the object the closer it is, usually)
4. placement (the lower on the page the closer it is, usually)
5. atmospheric perspective (the more detail or intense the color, the closer it is, usually)
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Draw---Basic-Linear-Perspective/
Contour Drawing (using the left side of the brain):
1. no lifting your pencil off paper
2. no talking
3. no naming
4. no looking
5. go slow
Gesture Drawing: quick, loose drawings of only the main shapes/forms of where things are in relation to each other
Drawing Techniques:
1. cross-hatching (grid-like)
2. stipple (pointillism, dots)
3. shading
4. erasing
5. smudging
6. sketching (loose)etc, etc, etc...
http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/techniques.html
Drawing Media (tools):
1. pencil/graphite
2. pen/pen & ink
3. charcoal
4. pastels (oil/chalk)
5. colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc
http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/05/16/online-drawing-tools-free-online-painting-sketching-tools/ - free online source for drawing
I think blind contour drawing is a great way to get children into drawing without making them feel like they need to be highly skilled. I think it takes a lot of pressure off. The way the picture looks is not that important and is not the focus. It would be good to use this exercise (blind contour drawing of hand) to introduce students to art and get them feeling comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI thought this lesson was really interesting. I can't draw well -at all, so I really enjoyed trying in different ways. I liked blind contour drawing because it doesn't have to look amazing by any means. I like how it causes the artist to focus on details of the objects form and shape.
ReplyDeleteI also really liked learning about all of the different drawing techniques. I like cross-hatching a lot as well as stipple. One piece of artwork I learned about in elementary was " A Sunday Afternoon." It's always stuck to me and I still remember it, because it was drawn using stipple. It's made up of all dots! How cool. :)
Fun lesson!
I think it would be fun to draw more intricate drawings with my students using blind contour. It would be neat to have them go home and practice this on their own time, draw a blind contour drawing of something around the house, and come back and share it with the class.
ReplyDeleteThis lesson was really interesting to me. Ellen and I did the food for it and we emphasized the reality to the fruits that we brought. I liked how we made our blind contour drawings because that definitely shows realism. This theory is all about imitation so with my students I would have them draw something that they love or a piece of artwork that is displayed around the room. If they chose to do something they lived like the play ground or the soccer field, I would have them make it as realistic as they could. With an artwork itself I would emphasize imitation and making it look just like a copy of it. I would have them use different drawing utensils if available and also different ways of drawing it such as the blind contour, or looking straight at it, etc.
ReplyDeleteI am really glad we did this lesson at the beginning of the semester because when i thought about taking an art class, I was so nervous about drawing since i am not very confident in that area! Contour drawing helped me understand that drawing is about training our eye to focus on what we are looking at. I think this activity would be a wonderful introductory activity in my classroom multiple times a week or even for a short period of time everyday just to get the kids excited about and confident in what they are drawing. I would also do something similar to Amanda and have them bring in something from home. I think it would be cool also to track their progress and maybe have them make a book of their work at the end of the year or something. I also loved experiment with different mediums such as charcoal and graphite. I really think opening up a world of mediums to kids in art will inspire them to be creative to use all of those mediums and try new things and just get genuinely excited about art.
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