#016 Flipping our Thinking - Flipping the Drawing

Hi! 

I'm so glad you've joined me for our final drawing lesson of Summer 2020. I'm so proud of you for drawing so many different types of objects this summer. I know that some of them were perhaps a challenge, but you tried them anyway. You worry less about mistakes and you go for it in what appears to be an effortless way as you start your drawing with a plan.

I want you to keep that attitude as you delve into drawing more deeply, getting past first lines, and exploring other topics like texture, values, and shading within our books. You might even add color and paint to your line drawings using one of our books on color. Whatever kind of art you make, it most likely starts with a line drawing. Now I'm sure you feel more confident in making that drawing because you've done it again and again, making the neural pathway for drawing easier and smoother. 

Be sure to write to me and let me know how this series has affected your drawing or share any ideas that you'd like me to cover next summer when we get together again in May of 2021. 

Enjoy Drawing!

Brenda Ellis, author of ARTistic Pursuits.  [email protected]

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER

• You can draw those hard things when you use the right thinking. 
• Upside-down drawing helps us move past the idea that certain subjects are hard to draw, because we are less aware of the subject.
• Upside-down drawing helps us focus on lines and shapes, edges and distances. 

Note: Upside-down drawing is found in so many classrooms and books that it has become one of the traditional techniques used to help stop the naming/recognizing of subjects and to shift to a focused awareness of line and shapes and how the parts fit together.