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Another Upside-Down Man

Today’s sketch was another where you look at the image upside down. This exercise from the book Drawing on the Right Side of Brain reduces mental conflict. Drawing upside down uses the gap between recognition (knowing you are drawing a man) and drawing upside down, so you focus on lines, angles, and circles. In other words, use the right side of your brain.

This Drawing is from page 53 of Drawing on the Right Side of Brain and is by Pablo Picasso of the Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky.

It was enjoyable, and I focused on the lines and angles, not calling out a head, face, or hands. It works.


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The Bike

Interesting how difficult it is to describe or draw something from memory.  We have seen thousands of bikes, but sketching a bike from memory is complex.  Remembering all the essential details is hard.  This is true for many things we try and do from memory. 

Today’s sketch is a simple bike – from memory.  I really had a hard time getting the details – how does the down tube look, do I have brakes, how about the derailleurs….  And I raced bikes. 

Another good exercise in slowing down and working through the details, something we can all do; sketching or not.

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