Upside Down Drawing
Time: 20-30mins
Sometimes it is quite easy when you are drawing from a photograph, or even from life, to not look enough at what you are drawing and make the details up. The idea of this exercise is to focus more upon the shapes and lines that are actually there, than draw what you think you see.
This task is best tried if you are drawing from a photograph. The idea is quite simple, turn the photograph upside and draw it the wrong way. Start off with just a line drawing, and make sure you look back at the picture frequently. When you have finished, turn it around. What does it look like? Is it a true drawing?
If you want to take the task further, pick another picture and this time try and add tone or colour. Does this make the task easier or harder? How does the finished drawing look? Does it make you consider drawing in a different way?
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