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• Label your posts like this: month.day.year Name. For example, 08.17.09 LWhite
•The goal is least a full page in a sketchbook per day
• Any subject matter, media, level of finish is fine
• You should post at least every three days
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• The overall goal for the sketches is to have fun and to draw when the moment or opportunity presents itself. Also to encourage experimentation and interpretation. The goal is NOT for every page to be pretty.
• Label your posts like this: month.day.year Name. For example, 08.17.09 LWhite
•The goal is least a full page in a sketchbook per day
• Any subject matter, media, level of finish is fine
• You should post at least every three days
• Pages should be dated
• The overall goal for the sketches is to have fun and to draw when the moment or opportunity presents itself. Also to encourage experimentation and interpretation. The goal is NOT for every page to be pretty.
• If you are interested in joining the blog, please send a message or leave a comment to Norman.
Yeah, that book is awesome. He really has great ideas in that book.
ReplyDeletenice! cheek on the short side should be in half tone, not shadow though. It would be a value or two lighter
ReplyDeleteGood eye! But that's what you get when you work in a medium that doesn't allow for a lot of push and pull. It is definitely worth doing a purely technical exercise like this so that the successes (and errors) are at the top of your mind when doing a real project.
ReplyDeletehmmm, i see what you mean, but I'm not sure I agree with it.
ReplyDeleteCould doing a purely technical exercise lead to over modeling (or overdrawing) an image that doesn't need it due to fact that technique in your brain at the time (and the fact that you do it well). It seems the more technique that's involved (more information shown in the image) the less mystery the image has. What do you think?
How bout' an exercise that tests how little (in terms of mark making) you need to communicate an idea effectively? does that sound crazy? not even sure what I'm talking about : )
wait, just thought of a better way of saying it:
ReplyDeleteThe exercise shouldn't be about how to draw better technically, but should be how to interpret more interestingly.
Sure, whatever phrasing allows you to "get it".
ReplyDeleteI think we're probably saying the same thing -- or at least dedicated to the same result. The decision to include or omit information (in this case the way light casts over form) should be a result of mastery of information rather than ignorance of it.