Woman’s Face
I am starting the lessons and sketches in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. I have the cooresponding workbook on order.
This book goes well beyond drawing skills. It shows how building your drawing skills bleeds over into many other areas of your life.
The three baseline sketches are a person from memory, your hand, and a self-portrait. Those to come the next two days.
Upside Down
Today I drew upside down.
With the theme of breaking down my sketching skill development into small components, I explored why it is easier to sketch abstract items vs. real things. For example, it was daunting to see a man sitting as the object I needed to draw, but turning it upside down and focusing on the ABCs of drawing made it more accessible.
I’m happy with the results and found it much easier to focus on the lines, curves, and angles rather than a mouth, eyes, and arms. I knew what it was, but psychologically it was much more manageable.
Disney Mug
Hello, going strong with my sketch a day for 365 days. I’m really enjoying the process.
Easter Island
Today’s sketch is my interpretation of the famous Easter Island statues. The lesson focused on observing the contours of your subject. Slowly and meticulously follow the subject’s contours and let your hand map out what your brain sees.
Start with the outside contours and keep getting increasingly granular as you draw each detail. As you focus on what you see, this is where change takes place. Examine what you see and adjust. There is always more to see.