Warblers - student art display, adult drawing class, 5/20/19

Warblers - student art display, adult drawing class, 5/20/19

We did four warm-up exercises before the final drawings. We used photos from CCNAB - classic collection of  North American Birds. as references.

Warm-ups are really exercises to try to see and/or think differently than we are used to. We just need to exercise the attempt to do it. The results need never appear as we think they 'should'. It is just good to have a go at it!

We did the exercises using the same bird photo for each,

# 1. Continuous line

# 2. Stencil style

# 3. Outline stencil

# 4. Outline, (like a coloring page)

After the exercises, students could draw as they wished and use the same photo or choose one of the others we had available.

....Some students had set about coloring  their practice sheets. I love that idea - to use the practice drawings and exercises as a further opportunity to color.