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The Doodle Team and Discovery Education teamed up to introduce students to the creative process. Imagine is the first video in a three-part series intended to help inspire creative thinking in students.

1. Part One: Imagine
This video focuses on the first stage of the creative process, where students imagine what could be rather than what is. The strategies can help students express themselves.

2. Part Two: Create
This video focuses on the second stage of the creative process, where students begin to express their ideas through drawing, creating a collage, painting, and more. The strategies can help student express themselves using a variety of mediums and materials.

3. Part Three: Share and Collaborate
This video focuses on the third stage of the creative process, where students explain their own creations and provide constructive feedback on the creations of others.

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The Doodle Team and Discovery Education teamed up to introduce students to the creative process. Imagine is the first video in a three-part series intended to help inspire creative thinking in students. Part One: Imagine This video focuses on the first stage of the creative process, where students imagine what could be rather than what [...]

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It took quite a while for to me to understand the importance of drawing with different grips. But once I opened myself up to holding the pencil in different positions, my drawing greatly improved.

It's no secret that the way in which you hold your drawing pencil will affect the marks that you make on the drawing surface. By holding the pencil the same way - all of the time - in all of your drawings - you are limiting what is possible as far as mark-making goes.

It's also no secret that variety is an important factor in our drawings. Variety, one of the eight principles of art, creates interest in our drawings. It keeps us exploring the picture plane and makes our viewers more engaged in what we produce. In fact, Plato even acknowledged the importance of variety in artistic composition.

By holding the pencil in different ways, we can instantly create variety in our drawings. Beyond this however, expanding the possibles of how the pencil is held will lead to new ways of making marks, expanding our drawing possibilities.

So, let's look at a few ways that you can hold your pencil to create different marks in your drawing...

Pencil Grip #1 - Traditional

The traditional grip is exactly what the title suggests. This is the way that most of us have learned how to grip a pencil from the time we first started learning how to write. For many people, this is the only grip that is used for drawing. I'll admit, this is still my "go to" grip. When I sit down to draw something, I'll usually hold the pencil with this grip initially. It's just natural to grab a pencil in the way that we are most familiar. But using this grip only limits what we can do with our drawings. The tip of the pencil is what makes contact with the surface. There is quite a lot of control with this grip, which makes it great for details.

Pencil Grip # 2 - The Drumstick Grip (My Favorite)

Now this grip is favorite for a couple of reasons. It's not the grip that I use most often, but it's one that encourages better drawing. More on that in a moment.

I'm calling this grip "The Drumstick Grip". Not many people know that I'm a drummer and this grip is very similar to how one should hold a drumstick. The pencil is held loosely between the index finger and the thumb, while the other fingers act to stabilize the pencil. Holding the pencil in this manner allows for the marks to originate from side of the exposed graphite (or charcoal, or colored pencil), instead of the just the tip.

Now, why is this grip my favorite? This grip forces you to draw with your shoulder instead of just your wrist. This is essential to "loosening up" with your drawing, which will actually lead to better drawing. This grip is perfect for loose marks and laying out drawing for this very reason. For drawing large, this grip is - by far, one of the best. You can also create the greatest variety of marks using this grip as well.

Grip #3 - The Paint Brush Grip

With the "paint brush" grip, the pencil is held in a similar manner to holding a paint brush. The pencil is held upright and the back edge rests on the crease between your index finger and the base of your thumb. This grip is perfect for creating light and delicate marks. It's also great for when you are making visual comparisons on the surface and laying out the composition. Generally the tip of the pencil is what makes contact on the drawing surface.

Grip #4 - Tip Heavy Overhand Grip

This grip is used for forceful applications of the material onto the surface. The midsection of the pencil is held between the middle finger and the thumb while pressure is exerted onto the tip of the pencil. The pencil lays almost parallel to the drawing surface, forcing the side of the tip of the pencil to make contact. The result is a strong mark that has potential for width variance. This grip is great for filling in large areas of the medium quickly. This grip also forces the use of the shoulder in the drawing process.

Grip #5 - The Inverted Grip

For this grip, the pencil is held by resting it upon the forefinger and stabilizing it with the thumb and lower fingers. The pencil should actually point back towards the artist. Marks are made with the tip and the backside of the tip of the pencil. This grip allows the artist to clearly see the marks as they are made since the hand and the fingers are out of the way.

Take Action

Which grip do you use most? Are you stuck with a particular approach? It's time to take action and start experimenting with different pencil grips. I promise you that by trying out a few of these grips, you'll start to see some improvement. It may feel a bit strange at first, but with a touch of practice you'll start seeing the benefits of using these grips in your drawings.

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It took quite a while for to me to understand the importance of drawing with different grips. But once I opened myself up to holding the pencil in different positions, my drawing greatly improved. It's no secret that the way in which you hold your drawing pencil will affect the marks that you make on the drawing surface.

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Zoe Keller creates detailed illustrations pulled from the natural world. Her fauna-based drawings are done completely in charcoal, drawing the eye to the subtle markings used to create either fur or scales. Source imagery for the works comes from nature and how it becomes mediated in books and field guides, however Keller often fills in areas of question with pieces pulled from her own inquisitions or memory.

"My curiosity about the natural world is what keeps me dialed in to my work," Keller told Colossal. "Drawing is the best way that I've found to understand how organisms and ecosystems work. In order to draw something realistically you have to understand how it sits in space, how it moves, the mechanics of its insides. So for me tuning into the natural world means chasing an endless series of questions. On the most minute, piece-specific scale, this can mean asking how many whorls are in the shell of a particular species of snail. On a larger scale, I've been developing bodies of work that ask big questions about visually engaging with the natural world in ways that honor it and inspire others to protect it."

Often the Portland-based artist's subjects are related in a way that might not be known to the common viewer. This can range from a drawing of plants that are endangered in Oregon to a work concentrated on flowers that can only be found in a particular part of the US. This strategy allows a deeper research to go into her practice so that the final image is not just about aesthetics, but relates to a more immediate concern for the natural world.

Keller recently participated in a week-long backpacking artist residency called Signal Fire in the Klamath National Forest which was one of many inspirations for her upcoming solo exhibition Swarm, opening October 27 at Light Grey Art Lab in Minneapolis. You can peek further into Keller's practice on her Instagram and Facebook. (via Hi-Fructose)

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