For this project, you will watch and follow along as we draw a bunch of drawings in our sketchbooks or on Procreate! There are THREE parts to this class

Abstract Explorations

In this section, we'll draw:

one abstract exploration
one abstract exploration where we pay attention to curves/straights, negative space & ratios

General Master Studies

In this section, we'll draw

one master study (the same as mine or a different one of your choosing) where we pay attention to proportions, silhouette & simplification
one master study where we pay attention to landmarks, spacing and distribution

A Subject You're Interested In

In this section, we'll pick a subject we're interested in (or you can just join me in mine, which is about drawing owls!) and start off with

one master study of an owl where we pay attention to basic shapes, proportions, value grouping, readability, and shadow-shapes.
one master study of an owl where we pay

Then we'll pick a photo reference to use as a springboard for inspiration, and draw

three personal interpretations of this subject, experimenting & combing things we've learned in the rest of the class
one final drawing of the subject but instead of starting off with the reference, we'll start off with abstract shapes like in the first exercise.

If you complete all the parts of the project, you'll come away with 10 drawings and hopefully a lot of takeaways in terms of value contrast, shape, balance and a clearer understanding of composition.

Please share what you made in the project section and also give some love to your fellow students so we can keep rooting for each other! You can also share on Instagram using the hashtag #notanwithmarienoelle and tag me @marienoellewurm so I can see it! We can of course become friends over there, or we can connect on Patreon in a smaller setting where I host live drawing sessions & exclusive sketchbook tours.
I can't wait to see what you make! :)

Resources

Connect with me on Instagram & Patreon
Check out my other classes
If you, in particular, would like to explore your brush pen some more, check this (slightly older) class of mine: Marks & Moods: Brush Pen Adventures With Lines & Textures
Resources for copyright-free images to use as reference: Unsplash & Pexels

Music by Epidemic Sound: Hunny - Bomull

Polly Borden

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