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Sketchbook Week #1

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I tried to be as detailed as possible with the sketches. Some of the objects drawn represent me… stuff I cannot live with out. I have sort of a cartoon way of drawing when I draw. I can’t help it. Enjoy.

Meet The Artist: Jennifer

 

– The blow dryer, curler and flat iron

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Very Boring Things

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This week’s sketchbook theme is… Very Boring Things!

Consider the BORING everyday things you use in your life.  Brushes, Dental Floss, Toilet paper, Can Openers, Hair Gel, Spoons… All of the THINGS that you handle and use without thinking about them.

Pick at least 8 objects.  In your 4 sketchbook pages this week, draw them FIRST FROM MEMORY, then after the first drawing is completed, draw them from OBSERVATION.

Need inspritation? Check out boringmuseum.org!

How to Use My Sketchbook

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DUH… I DRAW IN IT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES… I agree. This seems pretty obvious.

Any student who has studied drawing at all has probably been keeping a sketchbook for at least the past semester, if not for years. But please bear with me and read on. Regardless of the simplicity of the tool, there is a reason ALL serious artists keep a regular sketchbook practice, and there is infinite room here to learn, grow, and develop your craft.

Your sketchbook is the place in which you will really improve your drawing skills.  It will, by developing the habit of daily use, become a PRACTICE. No different than a daily meditation practice. And it should be thought about with similar rigor.

Throughout this semester, and hopefully moving forward you will keep a sketchbook that you will work in every day.  It will become a depository of ideas, a place to work on your concepts, and a place to draw both what you see in your daily life as well as what you see in your imagination.

For now, focus solely on DEVELOPING THE HABIT and PRACTICING THE SKILLS YOU LEARN IN CLASS.

Every week you are required to share pages from your sketchbook here. Be sure to Title your post! Include the Week and the Theme if you are given one, or make up your own title!

Sketchbook Requirements:

  • For this course students are required to keep an ongoing sketchbook which will be utilized a minimum of 2 hours, 30 min per page, for a total of at least 4 sketchbook pages per week.
  • Students can not to tear out pages and pages must be dated.  Students may of course draw MORE than the required number of pages. Sketchbooks will be reviewed weekly in Openlab.
  • In it students will include only life drawing, objects, still life, gesture drawings etc. and process work towards their assignments.
  • Class notes should also be included in this sketchbook.

Be sure to comment on each other’s sketches.

DISCUSSION:

Please reply to this post acknowledging that you understand the requirements and purpose of the sketchbook.  Also please let us know in a couple of sentences about your sketchbook experience and what kind of things you like to sketch!