Black charcoal on white 18 x 24. Show any examples you can find of natural objects drawn this way (and/or demonstrate). There are no straight lines in nature, so this requires transforming curved shapes into simplified straight-edged sections. I’m not sure why this exercise produces marked breakthroughs, but it does. Perhaps: it prevents concentration on small parts, students naturally using simpler, larger forms? It helps attain a clearer feeling of solid form? Overlaps and foreshortening become clearer?
STUDENTS:
1. Gesture warm-ups, tone to line.
2. 15-minute poses using straight lines ONLY. Avoid tiny lines like dashes. Enlarge the figure.
3. Use straight lines only + tone, black paper suggested, 20+ minutes. If time, repeat.
HOMEWORK: (#11) FEET. Misshapen feet can sabotage a good figure drawing. Make them look like feet, not bear paws. Follow instructions sheets.
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