Discovering Drawing With a New Perspective
View the video below and then follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.
Your assignment:
Drawing a simple apple.
Step one: Draw a two circles that overlap.
Step two: Draw a line that places the circles on a table
Step three: Decide which direction the light is shinning on the apple
Step four: Use shading techniques to allow shadows to appear on the apple
the opposite side from the direction of the light
Step five: place a shadow on the apple
Step six: Turn your apple into an apple in value, tone and add a stem and leaf.
The basics of drawing here are that you discovered that any composition can be created using geometric shapes. You also discovered
that all drawing is an illusion using shadows to send the signal to your brain that this object is an apple when it is not. It is only lead
pencil on a piece of white paper.