Lesson 1, Drawing Boxes

Exercise 2, A Feeling the edges, Continuous line #lesson1boxes

B. Abstracting shapes, C. Constructing volumes #lesson1boxes

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The importance of visual perception!

Catching up with SketchingNow Buildings homework. These were done from a photo reference - practicing continuous line, abstracting shapes, and constructing volumes. Read more about it on my course notes blog at : jblodget-buildings.blogspot.com/2016/09/lesson-1-boxes.html .

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Abstracting shapes was good fun and I found it really helped me to switch of the bit of my brain that wants to identify the objects I'm drawing. I still wanted to add some of the extra lines but resisted!

Constructing volumes was probably my favourite exercise so far because I got to put everything together more accurately. All the earlier exercises obviously fed into this one because they really helped me get to know what I was drawing before diving into this.

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I didn't realise quite how challenging the angles were until I started drawing these boxes and the ends of the two boxes on the far right were definitely the trickiest bit. I also realised that quite a lot of the vertical lines in the photo are not actually vertical so this was a good way of really starting to notice the complexities of the composition. #lesson1 #lesson1boxes

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Signed up to Liz Steels latest online course. Really useful exercise, particularly enjoyed the continuous line one

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blind contour and continuous lines. The blind contour drawing was fun as there is no pressure to get a nice drawing. I liked the continuous line exercise as well but it wasn't easy to get the angles right.. #sketchingnowbuildings

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really difficult to end where the starting point was.

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shapes and volumes. I realised that I don't use abstracting shapes when sketching. I usually rely on constructing volumes.But I look forward to practice abstracting shapes in my next sketches. #sketchingnowbuildings

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on the first try I didn't get the angles right. on the second try the angles are much better.