Upside Down Drawing
"I can strengthen my OBSERVATIONAL drawing skills"
Upside Down Drawing
So what is drawing upside down in art? Drawing upside down is an exercise that activates the brain's right side and enhances how you recognize shapes and lines in a picture. People tend to draw what they know, so artists draw upside down to focus only on what they see.
Materials
Option A Pen
Option B Sharpie
Option C Marker
Sketchbook
ONLY DRAW LINES THAT YOU SEE!
(Do not let your brain make lines up)
Part 1 (10 Minutes)
Part 2 (10 Minutes)
Part 3 (10 Minutes)
Part 4 (10 Minutes)
SketchbookÂ
Assignment
Requirements:
Title is written at the top of the page "I can strengthen my observational drawing skills"
Name & Date written in the bottom right corner of the page
The LINES of the example contour image are replciated during 40 minutes of drawing (10 minutes per section).*
*Sections do NOT need to match up, scale is not being graded, and neither is proportion. Just focus on OBSERVING the lines you see and replicating them in your sketchbook.