Lesson 1: Getting Started - An Introduction to Journaling.
Drawing - A Cheerful Bunch
Before we begin. This course is meant to be enjoyable and relaxing. So let's do something really relaxing - go out and pick some flowers. They don't have to be the flashiest, finest flowers in the world. They can be weeds and green grasses. They can be large or small. Try to pick as many as you can, keeping your vase topped up with fresh flowers right throughout out the course. Most (but not all) of the drawing exercises over the four weeks will be about some aspect of floral arrangement. (Including the reflections on the vase.) Hopefully this will bring you cheer. And here comes Mrs Duck to introduce the first short exercise! Let's start with the simplest of exercises. The exercise is modelled on Drawing From The Right Hand Side of The Brain.
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Materials
- Soft Pencil 2B, 4B or 6B
- Visual Journal
- Printed Picture of Duck With a Life Bouy. From Scotch Designs.
- Time Taken : 1/2 maximum
"The biggest problem that artists must overcome is not one of technique or of inspiration. The biggest problem is the lack of seeing.
- Print the picture of
"A Duck With a Life Bouy."
- Keep the Picture in its upside down position. Try not to take any notice what so ever of what the picture is about. (For the purposes of this exercise I will not talk to you about where to start or finish.)
- Draw the picture as neatly as you can.
- When you have finished sign and date it for your records.
- It would be good to draw like this for 15 mins a day. Any old picture will do.
