Draw. Draw anytime. Draw anything. There’s always something lying around that begs to be drawn. A paper bag, for example. I recommend that students practice and here’s an example of a motivated student, Karen Gerrard, producing a fine drawing at home of, what else, an inspiring paper bag. It probably was a little more wrinkled than the drawing shows, but she simplified the planes to great effect.
Better than the drawing I did during class. A face kept coming out and I ended up shading the right side of the bag to obscure the grimace. Happens all the time with inanimate objects—oh, look, there’s a face. Once you see it, you can’t not see it. Drawing is always an adventure, full of unexpected turns and–crinkles. Simplify, simplify!
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artamaze by Katherine Hilden 