As students worked towards the culminating project for this unit, I wanted to give them a variety of ways to use ink and values besides just perspective drawing. I also wanted students to understand that all the gesture, blind contour, continuous line and cross contour drawing was designed to help them SEE more clearly what they are drawing. At this age, students really want to learn how to draw well, but I felt that they hadn't yet grasped the concept that these activities are all strategies artists use to become better at connecting their eyes, hands and brains. As a result, I had students apply the same strategies to portraits, rather than just still life drawings. Students began by drawing their own hands, a shoe of their choice and then several portrait examples. |
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