blind drawing
Here, I’m drawing a self-portrait using the blind drawing strategy. In this video, I’m drawing pretty quickly. When you try, feel free to go a lot slower than I am.
Blind drawing is a fun and skill-building practice that encourages artists of all ages to look closely at their subject matter. When an artist focuses their gaze on the subject (the thing that they are drawing) rather than their paper, the artist will draw what they see, not what they think they see.
You’ll need: things with which to draw (pen+paper/app) and you’ll need a subject (something or someone)
There is one rule: keep your eyes up! (look at the subject and not at your paper!)
Within Reach : Texture hunting
Kindergarten art students explore relief rubbings in their journals, 2018, New Orleans, LA
Texture hunting invites hunters to slow down, look closely, make predictions, and test results! It can happen outside or inside, in cities, and out in nature. All you need* is a crayon, a piece of paper, and the world around you.
You’ll need: unwrapped crayon and paper
Explore Touch/look around. Do you see anything that is safe to touch and looks kind of cool? Does it feel the way it looks? You might have found a texture to capture.
Test Lay your paper over the surface. With one hand, hold the paper in place. With your other hand, use the side of the crayon to gently color the paper over the texture until it appears on the paper like magic before your eyes!
tip: use a clipboard/book as backing when taking a rubbing of a leaf in nature. no thick paper
Draw with your opposite hand
practicing empathy
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Small bites
Finish a tiny piece of art: fill all 9 square inches of a sticky note. Don’t like what you see? Keep going, there are no wrong answers except quitting, you can do it. Try one, two, three a day!
