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THE STRAIGHT UP
HOW TO DRAW
WORKSHOP
Dennis Kardys | @dkardys
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“Drawing can be considered a form
of meditation. Meditation involves
looking at the world without
judgement and allowing what is in
front of us to become
understandable.”
Milton Glaser - Drawing is Thinking
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VERBAL
LANGUAGE
ANALYTICAL
THINKING
DIGITAL
NON-VERBAL
COGNITION
SYNTHETIC
THINKING
SPATIAL
ACTUAL/REAL
SYMBOLIC
L R
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Patterns & Symbols
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EXERCISE 1
Complete the vase
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FIRST, TRACE THE
SILHOUETTE. AS YOU
DRAW, NAME THE PART
OF THE FACE YOU’RE
DRAWING...SAY,
“FOREHEAD, EYE, NOSE
ETC.
THEN, DRAW THE
MATCHING SILHOUETTE
TO COMPLETE THE
VASE.
DID YOU EXPERIENCE
ANY CONFLICT AS YOU
DREW?
http://drawright.com/
vaceface.htm
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Edges & Contour
PART 1
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Fruit — Alphonse Mucha
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Männlicher Akt mit rotem Tuch, Seated Woman with Bent Knee — Egon Schiele
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WARM UPS
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Writing
Grip
• Good for precision
and detail work.
• Generally will
produce a consistent
line weight
• Comfortable and
familiar
CONS
• Can be less
expressive
• May encourage you
to draw with just
your wrist.
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Brush
Grip
• More control over
variable line weight
• More expressive
• Encourages you to
use more of your
arm while drawing
• Good for large
format drawing
• Ring finger acts as a
guide
CONS
• May take more
getting used to
• Better for long
contours than fine
details
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Drawing Edges &
Lines
EXERCISE 1
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Do you like to draw?
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Shapes & Space
PART 2
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Poppies — Katsushika Hokusai
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Draw Negative
Space
EXERCISE 3
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Photo Credit: Zen Sutherland http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/7555393756/
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Draw Boney Brad
EXERCISE 4
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IDENTIFY DEVIATIONS IN PROPORTION
DON’T ERASE MISTAKES UNTIL YOU
AMEND YOUR LINE
MAP OUT LANDMARKS ON THE PAGE
ROUGH IN YOUR SHAPES THEN REFINE
TIPS
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Dennis Kardys | @dkardys | robotregime.com
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