The objects that we look at as we draw are all called references. A reference can be another work of art, a photograph, or a physical object. The purpose for a reference is to gather information for your drawing. The examples on the master lesson pages show you how a drawing develops as the artist looks at a reference. You’ll need your own reference for each of your drawings. While working within the subject guidelines for each lesson, you should select the specific item for your drawing that is most interesting to you. Draw a seated person as you focus on the outline of the figure. In your drawing, include what the person is sitting on. This will help to inform the viewer of where your person is located. You might look at a photograph that you have found in a magazine, a book, an image search on-line, or look at a real person. When searching the internet, always have adult approval for viewing and for printing out a photograph for your reference. On the previous page we show an approach that you might take when making your own drawing. (1) Draw the outline of the figure. (2) Then draw lines inside the outline to show folds. Draw lines outside the figure outline to show what surrounds the figure. Use light and dark lines. Student Gallery Jared Baughn and Ariel Ellis
You’ll find that the assignments in this book point you to specific subjects for your artwork. These assignments are designed to help you to be more comfortable in drawing a variety of subjects and different situations. Don’t look at the assignments as limitations, but rather as arrows that point you in new and exciting directions. You will have many choices in what you draw and how you draw it. The student galleries give examples of how other students interpreted the assignment. Jared chose to work from a photograph and his figure sits on a moving horse. Ariel chose to draw a picture of herself on a chair and looked at her image in a mirror. Both follow the instructions for drawing a seated figure, yet both students made very different choices.
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