Today, Yuval chose what she wanted to draw for the life drawing at the beginning of the lesson...she chose an old paper mache model of mine - a tall figure. She did the first drawing and i asked her to add the shadow - tall, that went up the wall...
she got a little confused and started another drawing...
...this time adding the shadow in a pretty accurate way. Its so interesting to see how their minds work and a lot of the time want to draw what they 'think' it should be and not what they actually see!
Then we changed direction, and i took out these pictures of Geargia O'Keefe to show Yuval.
I told Yuval how O'Keefe is especially known for her use of organic forms in her work and we talked a little about the word organic.. she liked the paintings i showed her.
I then bought in an ivy plant and asked her to try and draw it. She was a little overwhelmed by the idea in the beginning and i changed the task to drawing a part of the plant. I asked her to press down hark when she saw shade/dark colour and lightly when she saw light/light colour.
I love the way she got the curve of the leaves. Although she was a little worried in the beginning, she quite enjoyed the drawing in the end.5 Comments:
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10:21 pm
i love the shadow.... so great!!9:30 amI love how she got the tall shadow of the paper mache model so perfectly. Sometimes drawing from imagination can be interesting too, Yuvul is becoming quite an artist.2:14 pmyuvals drawings always amaze me!12:01 pmYuval did so well again!8:26 pmgeorgia o'keefe...so lush! tom and i visited the museum in santa fe and it was fabulous. great lesson julie! xo shari
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