We began this class on drawing a potrait, by drawing a grid. Firstly, everyone drew a grid on the picture of the face that they had chosen to draw and then translated this grid onto the paper by measuring and making it larger than the grid on the face. There is another way to do this ... you can divide you paper in ahlf and then into quarters again. The do the same on your face picture. With both you have a grid on which to draw and position eyes and nose etc. The grid we chose was very small and made the work quite exact. The class moslty chose the finner grid and the results were amazing. I know that the process is important here but I have found that adults really enjoy the process when the product looks like it is emerging into something that they can see really works.
The class worked in pencil first. The problem for the artist will be how to 'cover' the pencil. I love it when the art work creates a problem that the person then has to solve. Children are great examples to us adults of going towards the problem with great gusto. They are not generally afraid to try and figure it out. Children however do not have all the many solutions at their fingertips.
Adults aproach problems in are very differently. Personality comes into play in a big way.
In both cases I love the solutions or lack thereof that people come up with, both adult and child alike.
Lots of learning and growing takes place when we are faced with a problem. Creative thinking is stimulated .
Check out TED Talks on line and in particular Ken Robinson.
http://www.ted.com/talks
The inspiring thing for me as a 'teacher' is when the student takes what they are learning, home with them, and builds and develops and practices what they have learnt.
One mom in this class took her art home in such an encouraging way, that she gathered all her children and began to have family art Saturday mornings. What an inspiration for me!!
Keep drawing!
Keep observing!
Keep practicing!
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