Lesson 1: Getting Started - An Introduction to Journaling.

Warm Up Exercises.

Quick exercises to warm you up and get you experimenting.

1. From the vase of flowers you have bought - choose just one. Draw this flower as quickly as you can. Use line only. 5 mins max.
2. Now choose three flowers to draw. Draw them as quickly as you can. Don't stop to think about any thing. When you have drawn these flowers briefly using only a light 2b pencil. Sign it, date it, and move on to the next exercise. 5 mins max.
3. Do quick scribble drawings again but this time enlarge them to fill the whole A4 page. Draw a little more slowly and carefully. You can use an eraser for this exercise to remove any smudges and to help keep the flowers as clean as possible. 10mins max.
4. You can use the drawing just finished for this exercise. Fill the drawing you have just sketched with colour just as you see it. Don't worry about whether you thought it was 'good' or 'bad'. Put the colour quickly whereever you think it should go and just enjoy the experience.
5. Repeat this exercise again. (The reason you are being asked to do the same thing again is so that you have warmed up and have become familiar with the subject matter.) Now for something strange!@#$ I want you to colour the background. Don't have any particular idea in mind. All you have to do is choose a colour to put behind you flowers so that they stand out against the background.




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