Curricula in Western Watercolors,  Pastels and Asian Ink 

with touches of Gold Leaf

CREATING  A VISION WHILE DEVELOPING SKILLS


Stormy seas Maine fishing Boats
AS ONE

RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING- 

 Keeping a Sketchbook @ Finding Your Voice  

TERMS
  1. Values
  2. Texture
  3. Volume
  4. Planes
  5. Edges
  6. Lines
VALUES
  Lights to Darks 
    Use values to delineate shapes
    Use  values to sharpen or diffuse edges
    Use values to emphasize patterns

        a value can meld two different objects to make interesting abstract shapes
        use value to build texture - it is the difference in values, for example that creates the sense of hair
        Two different valued planes come together to create an edge
       
MEASURING
  1.  Key to seeing accurately and therefore for drawing. Measuring helps see what really is instead of what we think exists
  2.  Hold pencil out- arm locked keep it parallel to picture plane.
  3. Measuring the size of objects by lining up the top of the dowel with object being measured and using a finger for the bottom.
  4. Then hold that proportion up to another object.
    5.   It is important not to angle it away or towards you as that is depth that is not a dimension on the picture plane