The drawing to the left was done with three crayons ... gold, green, blue. The task was to enlarge the figure and make it exceed the frame. The gold was the quick gesture, the green was refining the drawing and corrections; finally the blue was to define the negative shapes in the background and with the remaining time firm up the figure. We were given about 5 minutes.The other drawing is a rapid contour drawing I did last night...a three minute sketch and this is designed to state the gesture - figure as quickly as possible with as little line as possible.
We also put paper over our drawing surface and drew three different poses blind...that's right. We could not see what we were drawing. The point of this exercise is to force the artist to concentrate on the the contour line of the figure, never taking our eyes off it. It was best done without lifting our charcoal pencil from the surface ... I do not have any pictures of these but I can say I was amazed how accurate my "mental drawings" are becoming. In this exercise you must think and imagine where you are on the page without using your eyes. It is very sensory.
Very good drawing night. (happy)
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