While I have been getting distracted lately by work and a uni assignment, Jo has powered ahead nearly ten lessons in front of me and is up to actual drawing exercises! Oneday when I eventually catch up, we will have to scan some of our drawings to put up on our blogs.
This set of lessons is all about the process of looking at a subject and seeing the shapes and lines it can be broken up into.
We start with positive space and negative space. Positive space is the area in a drawing that is occupied by the subject; negative space is the background or area surrounding the subject. The shape of each space is outlined by contour lines. Identifying the shapes and size of positive and negative spaces helps with accurate proportion.
Contour lines also outline shapes within these spaces, and the shape sizes and layout are compared to accurately and proportionally render the drawing.
Next lesson is B02 – Seeing Shapes and Proportions
http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/lesson.php?id=b02
Jo and I are doing this online drawing course together. It is located at Drawspace.com and produced from lessons created by Brenda Hoddinott.
Good on you Liss, keep it up.