Your Sketchbook Page Qdu
Try your hand at practicing the exercises you've learned in this chapter. V A viewfinder frame helps you single out an image an object, a collection of objects, or a more complicated view. V The proportion of the viewfinder frame and the box for your drawing must be the same. V You can see, measure, and draw the parts of an object relative to the marks on the viewfinder frame and the marks on your paper. V The viewfinder frame keeps you seeing the parts and lines in relation to each other.
Plastic Picture Plane Practice
In Chapter 4, The Picture Plane, we introduced you to the plastic picture plane. We've referred to it since, but it's possible you haven't used yours again since Chapter 4. If that's the case or even if it's not , why not get out your plastic picture plane and practice with it Say that 10 times fast. 1. Pick a subject for your drawing. 2. Line up your plastic picture plane with your eyes, keeping it perfectly still. Rest it on a table, or hold it straight up and down at a level that you can see...
Fun Drawing Exercises for Kids
Be as inventive as you can as you look back through the exercises in this book and adapt them for your young friends and family. We've done some of that for you, but don't let us stop you from coming up with some variations of your own as well. For the very young Recognize and copy. Young children enjoy copying sets of shapes or lines. It's good practice for observing the differences and good for coordination, too. Try thinking of lines and shapes as animated, with personalities. Be funny about...