Drawing Exercises

Post date: Jun 30, 2018 7:26:1 PM

https://www.studentartguide.com/articles/line-drawings

• • Blind contour drawing: Without looking at your paper, draw any object, such as your own hand, in one continuous line without lifting your hand from the page. Grab a partner and do simultaneous blind contour portraits of each other.

  • Subtractive drawing: Try this one with charcoal. Using it horizontally, shade your paper an even value of grey. Now “draw” with your eraser – erase the highlights of your subject.

  • Left & right: Draw something with your dominant hand, then your non-dominant hand.

  • Negative space: Draw the negative space around an object.

  • Topsy turvy: Draw a portrait from an upside down photo.

  • Scenes from memory: Sketch 3 scenes from your day from memory. Play with perspective and try this daily.

  • Copy the masters: Draw a painting by your favorite painter. Or go to a museum and draw artworks you enjoy.

  • 360 degrees: Choose an object and draw its outline. Turn the object slightly and draw the outline again. Repeat.

  • Minimalist: Draw something with the fewest lines possible, in the style of Picasso.

  • Get the gist: A great way to approach drawing the human body, gesture drawing captures the basic form of your subject in a loose manner that often expresses emotion. Try limiting your time to gesture drawings of 10-30 seconds.

  • Different mark-making techniques: Try shading different ways: hatching, cross hatching, stippling, and more.

  • Light it up: Play with lighting. Draw outside at different types of the day and inside using multiple or single light sources from different angles.

(Taken from: https://www.creativelive.com/blog/easy-drawing-ideas/)