Our class project is a rather simple one.

I’ve designed and collected drawing exercises for you to break your creative block so I just want you to follow me as I do the exercises and those drawings will be your class project. Cool?

What exercises will we do?

A blind contour: You will draw the prop I will give you on the screen without looking at your page. No peeking!
Continuous contour: Ok, this time you can look at the paper but no lifting the pencil. Not once!
Random monsters: I’ll show you how random strokes on paper might hide cute monsters or maybe even more!
Downside up: Get ready to turn off the left side of your brain. It always gets in the way.
Simple shapes: An exercise designed to show you that every drawing is consists of simple shapes and nothing more.
Cityscape: We will use simple shapes to create a city scape.
Copy me: Copying is not stealing. It’s a way to see through another artist’s eye.
Copy everything: An exercise to show you that your hand knows what to do. We just need to train your eye.

I want you to share any drawing you have done during these exercises. Just take a photo or scan it and share!

Remember: There are no bad drawings!

Except this one. This is the only bad drawing in the world. That’s it!

This is your class project. Can't wait to see them!

Cheryl Donohue

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