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Weeks 1-3: Lines, Shapes, Form, Proportions, Contour Lines

The Central Coast Sketchers have been very busy Monday afternoons! Working through lessons on proportions (sizes of shapes compared to other shapes) and contour lines they have produced some very cool drawings. To view everyone's drawings, scroll down and click on 'Read more' at the bottom of this post.

The after school Draw to Learn program at Central Coast High has brought together a stellar group of students eager to learn useful drawing skills.

Drawings shown clockwise, starting upper left: Quincy's charcoal study of a plaster cast hand helped him to learn about form and contours;  Pualani learned about measuring proportions and drawing realistic contour edges in her wonderfully drawn dragonfly. Christel pulled together an amazing large-format, foreshortened (looks like it's coming toward you) dragonfly. And Rene is off to an amazing start in drawing accurate contour lines of his dragonfly.

Everyone started by learning to hold the pencil on its side, while moving the whole arm, to draw with lines and shapes. Violet's jaguar (above left) is an excellent example of sketching light guidelines; then finishing with darker contour lines and patterns. The proportions of Carisa's toucan (above right) are very well drawn. She finished by adding lighter and darker tones.

To view everyone's drawings click 'Read more' below...

Central Coast Sketchers in Action

To view more pictures of students click 'Read more' below...

Welcome Central Coast Sketchers

I look forward to drawing with Central Coast High School. This is the official blog for all students to view their drawing lessons, along with my comments and suggestions.

Check out what students from other schools are doing: Drawing League

Here's how the after school course will be set up:

1. Lines/Shapes: pencil grip, guidelines, outlines, different kinds of lines, combining shapes, overlapping
   
2. Patterns/Textures: repetition, rhythm, surfaces
3. Space: positive/negative space, edges, foreground/background, scale, composition
4. Form: contour lines, light/shadow, perspective

Depending on the work we're doing, I'll post your drawings every 2 or 3 weeks. You'll see suggestions on what to practice for the next lesson, and ideas for you to explore.

If you would like to try more advanced lessons from this blog ("Start a Lesson" section) along with your weekly class lessons, I'd be happy to coach you through them on this blog. Talk with me about it, and we'll get you started.

Central Coast Sketchers, get ready to draw! --Rob