You Will Make: One Drawing and one VERY short story You Will Need: SQUARE Paper, Pencil, Crayons, Markers, Imagination! This exercise is a variation of a surrealist collaborative drawing game called an exquisite corpse. The method is simple, draw something on a piece of paper and then fold it so that it’s obscured, except for… Continue reading Exquisite Flower Game
Draw Along: Light and Shadow
You Will Need: White, Gray, and Black crayons, an Old Paper Bag, a Pencil, and some markers What are some positive things in your life? What can you do to make them grow? This drawing practice is grounded between gaining technique and reflecting on one’s emotions and habits. Using light and dark on a medium… Continue reading Draw Along: Light and Shadow
Protected: Portraits V: Action Construction
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Protected: Portraits IV: Action Collage
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Draw-along: Mindful Color
You Will Make: One Drawing Meditation You Will Need: Paper, Crayon, Marker You can draw along with me and reflect on your feelings It is inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist practice of creating a Mandala. Monks use cones with colored sand to tap out images of a metaphysical model, focusing on the qualities shown by… Continue reading Draw-along: Mindful Color
Line Drawing: Mirror Practice
You Will Make: One Drawing You Will Need: Paper or a Blank Card, Finepoint Marker or Pen Purpose: Learning to See This practice is simple: use a ruler to make an exact center line, create a line at an angle, or draw multiple lines. Then reverse what you draw on one side of a line… Continue reading Line Drawing: Mirror Practice
Color Theory Snowflakes
You Will Make: One two-piece snowflake You Will Need: Plain paper, crayons, markers The Base: Make Two Hexagons Fold your paper in half short-ways. Mark but do not fold the mid point by matching the corners of the folded edge and pinching the middle. Using that mark as the center fold the corners inward so… Continue reading Color Theory Snowflakes
Protected: Portraits III: Color and Feeling
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Protected: Portraits II: Seeing the Shape of Me
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Protected: Portraits I: My Name Stands For Me
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