This week, Cathy worked on producing a lesson plan (along with her other lesson plans for class) for teaching me how to draw. During my assessment last week I learned that I'm actually not as horrible a drawer as I thought. I'm not good by any means, but I'm not at as low a level as I originally thought. This actually makes me feel pretty good. Now, hopefully I will be able to advance a lot faster than I thought.
So, the lesson plan Cathy came up with consists of a few things. First of all she is going to teach me to draw in one point perspective. After this I will learn to draw in two point perspective. After learning these two things I am going to apply perspective drawing to still lives. Finally, I will learn how to properly shade my drawings. There is no time line for each step. She is going to spend enough time on each step to where I have a good grasp on the concept.
I find that drawing relates a lot to what Jill Bliss from Handmade Nation does. I want to be able to draw things that are around me. The themes that Jill Bliss works with are things that she finds around her. She talks about living in San Francisco and going to the park to draw the plants that were around her. I would love to be able to go outside and draw trees and wildlife.
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It's awesome that you have a whole lesson plan worked out to help with your project. I wish I was able to have something like that, because I feel like having that structure will help keep me focused and on task - so I hope it work with you!
ReplyDeleteI think your connection to Bliss's work (her company is called "Blissen," I believe) is a useful one. Is there anything about the medium of drawing (rather than stamping, or screen printing, or working with clay) that you find attractive? And would you be willing to post your drawings each week? Then you can point to specific skills you've learned as the semester progresses.
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