Friday, October 31, 2008

The Drawing Studio: Drawing Fundamentals I, Week 3

To expand my drawing skills, I'm taking a class at the Drawing Studio, an artist cooperative here in Tucson. This is a series of posts outlining what we are doing in the class, week by week.

For week three, we were introduced to a new topic: value. We started out drawing a strip with five boxes. We then attempted to fill in those boxes with charcoal shading, going from light to dark. After we completed that, we did the same thing with seven boxes.

Once we completed our shaded boxes, we went on to a still life drawing. Like the week before, we sketched out the still life using a stick to measure proportions. After that, we shaded our drawings, using our shaded boxes as a guide.
A five step charcoal gradation.

A seven step charcoal gradation.


A two and half hour still life in charcoal and pencil. 18" x 24".

Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Drawing Studio: Drawing Fundamentals I, Week 2

To expand my drawing skills, I'm taking a class at the Drawing Studio, an artist cooperative here in Tucson. This is a series of posts outlining what we are doing in the class, week by week.

This week we expanded what we worked on the week before, outlining shapes as best we could. This time, however, we tried something new: We held up a stick at arms length, trying to measure the proportions of the objects we were drawing. The items were painted white so that we would be sure to only draw the outline.

Outline of a wine bottle.Outline of another wine bottle.

The Drawing Studio: Drawing Fundamentals I, Week 1

To expand my drawing skills, I'm taking a class at the Drawing Studio, an artist cooperative here in Tucson. This is a series of posts outlining what we are doing in the class, week by week.

The first class we were introduced to the teacher, Deb Steinberg. We then began our studies by outlining shapes, such as circles and squares, trying to get them as perfect as we could. We then moved on to more advanced shapes, such as garden tools, scissors, and kitchen implements. The idea was to do the outline only, trying to get the shape as perfect as possible.

Attempt to make the perfect circle.Kitchen tool.
Scissors. I got in trouble for drawing the interior of the scissors.Garden tool.