DRAWING – Observation, Memory, Imagination

BLIND CONTOUR

1. Place the animal you are going to draw in front of you.
2. Draw with the tip of a marker.
3. Do not look at your paper as you draw.
4. Slowly look at the outer edges of the animal.
5. Draw a smooth, fluid line to show where you are looking.

MODIFIED CONTOUR

1. Place the animal you are going to draw in front of you.
2. Draw with the tip of a marker.
3. This time look at the object, start drawing and then look at the paper as you draw - eyes up, eyes down.
4. Slowly look at the outer edges of the object.
5. Draw a smooth, fluid line to show where you are looking.

SCRIBBLE

1. Place the animal you are going to draw in front of you.
2. Draw with the tip of a marker.
3. Begin drawing from the thickest part of the animal - working from inside to the outside.
4. Scribble a loose, energetic line to fill out the mass of the object.
5. Look carefully at the animal and your paper while you draw.

SHAPE

1. Place the animal you are going to draw in front of you.
2. Draw with the tip of a marker
3. Look for the basic shapes in the animal.
4. Draw them as simply as possible.

TEXTURE

1. Place the animal you are going to draw in front of you.
2. Draw with the tip of a marker.
3. Look carefully at the animal and draw only the surface texture – how it feels.
4. Do not draw an outline of the animal.
5. Let the texture create the animal.

MEMORY

1. Take one minute to memorize the animal.
2. Place the animal out of sight.
3. Draw the animal from memory.
4. Compare your drawing with the animal.
5. What is the same and what is different?

WATER AND MARKER

1. Draw a circle and some lines with marker.
2. Make the lines fairly thick.
3. Paint a small amount of water into the outer edge of the circle.
4. Let the marker fade from dark to light.
5. Repeat with the lines.
6. Notice how this technique makes the shape look three-dimensional.
7. Draw some marker on a plastic lid.
8. Make the lines fairly thick.
9. Paint a small amount of water into the marker ink to liquefy it.
10. Paint with the liquid marker.

IMAGINATION

1. Create a drawing of your animal in an imaginary situation.
2. Combine what you know with what you can make up.
3. Use the water with marker technique to make the picture appear to have more depth.