Art lesson #2 (Basic shapes) 2:10 - 3:30

in this lesson Basic shapes i will learn how to observe as a framework in drawing any subjects that i choose for a model in the introduction of the first page, as i was reading it said that in the last lesson where i was using a grid to help create a drawing, it explained that the use of the grid is limited in a real life scenario, like such as drawing a real live animal. using a gris is not practical in doing that since the animal would not stay still for you.

and so i t read on that freehand drawing was most important to an artist drawing freely and that is one of the topics in the book, as i turn the page there was an activity where i was to grab a glass of water fill it to the middle and sketch it, identify it really good without me ever lookin at my paper, even though it didnt look as perfect it said not too worry since it was just practice.

the next thing it read was the positive and negative spaces when doing a drawing, it read that many objects that i want to draw will have complex intricate shapes, and that i might find it kind of challenging, and one way to improve doing that was using positive spaces and negative spaces, it showed me alot of techniques in doing that. heres an example of positive and negative spaces


after all that the next topic was shapes and volume, gave me some excercises on doin that of different shapes as cube, sphere, cylinder, cone. sketching them out and putting in the volume to it. at the very end of the lesson the assignment was a small house using negative and positive spaces helping me out alot in outlining first the drawing with a 2B pencil then filling in the volume finishing off with details.