Students gasped when this drawing was turned around, to be seen right-side-up.
It was drawn up-side-down, remember. Btw, No student cheated by turning the drawing right-side-up before it was finished.
When you’re drawing up-side-down, you enter a state of –hello!—pure seeing. Sounds corny, but the name of this class is simply Drawing as Seeing. It’s thrilling!
Notice how the sliver of reflected light on the face’s shadow side makes the drawing three-dimensional. So subtle, so powerful.
The time allotted for this assignment was a little over an hour.
Drawing by Shweta.
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