DRAWING TECHNIQUES

It is always a good idea to use the Blocking in technique to produce a drawing. Blocking in means that you use basic shapes to get it easier to make a drawing. These basic shapes, such as triangles, circles, rectangles...are used for sketching and after doing it you can fill in the details and volume by shading.

We are going to draw a kitten, that´s a young cat, following the steps given on the video.
You can sketch other animals in a similar way. Why don´t we give it a try?
I will also give you a handout as a guide, and we will play with the new words related to technique, lines and the animal itself .
Here you have a study set about lines that I have made using Quizlet.
Don´t forget about choosing other study options (there are quite a few).
And what about a brief quiz using GeoGebra?
You will only need a blank sheet of paper and two pencils, the intermediate or HB for sketching, and the softer and darker one, B2, for shading.

HOMEWORK

I wonder if you could do it even better. Try to draw another animal following similar steps. I like this Yorkie but its up to you to choose a different animal amongst all that you can find in this playlist.
You´ve got a plenty of time to do it at your own pace.

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

Sonia Delaunay

Artículo de El País

Sonia delaunay for kids de nivaca2

"A line is a dot that went for a walk" Paul Klee

Paul Klee from Alice Fernándz

Here you can find more examples.

HOUSEHOLD MONSTERS

WORKING ON A PART OF A PAINTING

Kaela Speicher 

Here you have a video

And here you can find a lot more drawings.

STAR DODECAGON (4 EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES)

https://www.mongge.com/ejercicios/33616

 

A family guide to HOUSE MONSTERS

"It has been some time since the existence of House Monsters was first discovered. House monsters are creatures that live in our homes and create all sorts of mischief. They trip us up, they tug at us and they are always plotting and scheming to make our daily lives just that little bit more complicated than we would like".                                                                                                      

Manual de monstruos domésticos from ESTER ALONSO


Click on the picture below to find out more about this project (don´t forget to type the password).    

VASSILY KANDINSKY (Collaborative Project)

 Squares with Concentric Circles, 1913 

Wax Crayons