Leaving Your Comfort Zone

Everyone has subjects that they enjoy and excel at drawing. This week, we will leave our comfort zone. The assignment is to draw someone of a different race. Pay close attention to the features that your brain would use in a black & white photograph to determine the ethnicity of the subject. The trick will be to render them realistically so that they may be properly identified. Avoid creating caricature-like drawings with exaggerated features. This should be as realistic as you can make it. Your subject can be male of female, adult of child, although you may want to avoid going too far out of your comfort zone in your choice. If you are not used to drawing children, for example, stick with an adult.

Colonial Times

This week's challenge is to draw a figure from colonial times. Pay close attention to adding detail to the clothing. Lots of ruffles and maybe even a wig!

Shading

Incorporating shadows into a drawing is so important to making it look real. The visual cues of shadows trigger our brains to see things as we normally do. Render it wrong, and even if we can't figure out why, the picture won't look right. This week's assignment is to draw something simple, e.g. a box with a cover, a book, etc., and then move your light source around to change the shadows on the item. Do at least three or four, changing the light source, but not the angle from which the item is viewed..

The Apple of Your Eye

This week's assignment is to draw something that depicts your thoughts when you hear the expression "The Apple of My Eye". It might be a loved one, an adored pet ... hell, it could be an apple. or you could try and come up with something creative. Have fun!