At first I didn't know what I was going to do for this week's drawing, since it was "freestyle" week (and my VERY LAST assignment!). That is, until I saw the black marker drawing by Doug Stahl in this week's textbook reading (sorry, I don't think I can show it to you on here due to copyright …
Drawing Class II: Self-Portrait
This assignment required us to put our learning to use in creating a portrait drawing. What better way to do that than through a self-portrait? As usual, it's not perfect, but I am SO HAPPY! I have never been able to do a self-portrait that is so close to actually looking like me! And …
Drawing Class II: Perspective Drawing II
For this assignment, we were supposed to branch out a little and try either two- or three-point perspective. I went with two-point. Here it is. Think wild west, or ghost town. I'm almost 100% certain that my proportions and my perspective are 100% accurate, because I slaved over this drawing for 5 hours. I just …
Drawing Class II: Gesture Drawings
This drawing assignment entailed making 10, 5-minute gesture drawings of the human figure in different poses. I loved getting into the groove of the gesture drawing! Once you figure it out, it's a lot of fun. The technique has 3 secrets to it: 1) Stand while you do the drawing. 2) Look at the figure you …
Drawing Class II: Perspective Drawing I
I thought our piano would make a wonderful subject for a perspective drawing. It turned out to be the perfect thing! Not too terribly hard, but it did give me several moments were I really had to think how to get the correct perspective and sizing in the technical manner. I chose to do this drawing …
Drawing Class II: Still Life
For this next drawing assignment, I was to create a still life drawing depicting multiple objects seen in visual relationship to one another. So, I went with a small collection of 4 objects (the minimum number): 3 decorative dishes and 1 pinecone. I tried to cluster the objects together in a way that created a …
Drawing Class II: Curtains
For this assignment, I was to create a value scale drawing that paid particularly close attention to value shifts and zones of shadow, middle-tone, and highlight. The objective was to learn to see and recognize the precise shapes of shadows, middle-tones, and highlights and then learn to “map” these shapes accurately within my drawings. I did a …
Drawing Class II: Elephant
I've finished all my education courses now, and only have 3 summer electives to complete before I graduate with my Bachelor's in Elementary Education! The really fun class that I'm taking this term (along with a general math class that I need if I ever go on for my Master's) is Drawing II. To see …
Sarah E. Brown 