Drawing Practice

Drawing Exercises - Draw folded sheets of paper in any orientation, then draw facial features on them.

This item includes a zipped document including: (1) A 14 slide presentation including vortex terminology, practice drawings, and examples/goals for a final drawing (2) A project specific vortex grading rubric (3) 3 printable step-by-step guided drawing tutorials of 3 different vortexes (4) 1 printable .pdf worksheet As a *BONUS* to this lesson, I have guided YouTube videos featuring: How to draw 3 different vortexes How to draw a shaded rainbow vortex with colored pencils Time lapse of a...

Drawing Exercises - Draw Circles and ellipses in any orientation, tracing over the circle or ellipse to improve it. Feel free to hold a cup or glass in front of you to see what an ellipse or circle looks like.

Drawing Exercises - Draw small design sketches before you spend a lot of time making something.

Drawing Exercises - Spend 10 minutes drawing something from reference. Then 5. Then 2. Then 1. Then 30 seconds. Become better and better at simplifying it.

Drawing Exercises - Copy typography. Notice negative spaces, alignment, repeated shapes, proximity to group things, varied line weighths for contrast.

Landscape drawing with trees, plants and grass. Guide for drawing with pens, using line drawing to create fine art in a realistic style.

Drawing Exercises - Draw only with pen, using reference, and keep drawing the same thing until it becomes easier.

Drawing Exercises - Put a line on paper. Draw a line next to it that stays equal distance to it at every point.

Drawing Exercises - Do not think of anything, and start drawing as a meditation.

Drawing Exercises - Draw two parallel lines, and draw lines between them starting exactly on one line and ending exactly on the other line.

Drawing Exercises - Find photos of or a model of a skull and draw skulls from many angles.