Objective:
To strengthen our right brain's ability to see a representational drawing as lines, angles, spaces, proportions.
Our logical left brain tends to think before it truly observes. Your left brain will say that's an eye, and then you try and think about what an eye is supposed to look like and it gets in your way of truly observing what is going on.
All art is abstract in that it's made up simply of lines, shapes, values, colors, space, and forms. In order to draw representationally it's important to see what exactly those are elements are doing.
Drawing upside down, although challenging, is a way to keep your left brain quiet so your right brain can exercise.
KEEP IT LIGHT UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT!
As you work and develop your drawing:
Focus
Check your Angles
Look at spaces in between things
Measuring/ Seeing Proportions
Project Grade totaling 100 pts
Following Directions & On Task During Work Time 60 pts
Did you stay on task and focused during class, getting work done each day? Or were you distracting others and yourself? Did you complete your work? Did you follow directions and actually do the drawing upside down? Did you listen to and do your best to apply feedback?
Proportions 15pts
Are you using your pencil to measure and compare sizes within the drawing?
Line Angles 15pts
Are you checking your angles for accuracy? Are you testing them and then comparing on your paper?
Wow Factor 10pts
Daily Work Grade totaling 100pts
Name is on Slide and Capitalized Properly 20pts
Photo Documentation:
Natural Even Light is used 20pts
Photographed directly from Above 20pts
Photo is Cropped, Straightened, and Not Stretched 20pts
Light Editing is used (IE: Mono or Black and White Filter is applied) 20pts
Students do very well with
this drawing upside down.
For students who need something more simple.