Drawing Lesson #1

We are going to begin with the easiest methods I can think of. First, we warm up. Most drawing begins with lines. Your signature is a line drawing and that is where we are going to start. Because, starting with what you have around you is easy and a fast way to see results. So, get some typing paper or binder paper and a #2 pencil and let's get going. First, write your name in cursive 3 times, in three different styles. I wrote a forward slant, a backward slant and no slant.Now try writing you signature in mirror writing. You may need to practice a few times. It took me a few times to be able to hold my mirror writing up to a mirror and then be able to read it. Give it a try.

Why do we do this? There is a shift in our brains function when we do something out of the ordinary, or unexpected. Like mirror writing for example, it makes our brain take a different pathway than usual to get to the end product: our line drawing of our signature. Some people are born with an ability to draw that is amazing and others learn to draw and can be equally as amazing. What it takes is practice, practice, practice and play, play, play!!!

Our next exercise is to draw a profile of someones face. Easy, just think: There is the forehead, then a nose, the lips and chin, and a neckline. Just like in example #1. Say each part as you draw, it doesn't have to be perfect. Then draw a profile in mirror image form ~ facing the first image. As in example #2. After drawing a line connecting the tops of the foreheads and at the bottom of the necks you have a drawing of a goblet.


Here is where a really fun part comes into play. Now I want you to draw a monster face with warts and dents and maybe a hair or two coming out of the chin. Here is my monster profile:


Now you draw the mirror image of this monster profile and add the lines at the top and bottom to make a monster goblet.




Good job! These are warm up exercises that help you to get into the artistic side of your brain. Play with these exercises and send me an image of your monster goblets or anything else you want me to display on the Biggest Fridge In The World. Happy drawing.