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Final Exam:

Period 2 Link

Period 6 Link

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Instructions for Drawing Final Exams 2024-2025

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📍 Final Submission: Shaded Hand Holding Object

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📍 Final Submission: Shaded Hand Holding Object

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📸 Submit your finished drawing:

Period 2 Here

Period 6 Here

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1. Go to the correct folder.

1. Graphite, Ink & Charcoal: B&W Glass Still Life Folder

2. Color Pencil: Color Glass Still Life Folder

2. Choose one image from the google drive folder above.

3. Go to this assignment for Period 2 or this assignment for Period 6 identify which number you want me to print.

4. Trace image onto good paper.

5. Shade in final using the appropriate techniques.

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The Basic Elements video

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Leveled-Up. Smooth Cube. Color. Petrakos. 2024-2025

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If you want to jump ahead to the other element videos, here's the playlist.

Other elements: value, shape, texture, form, space, & color

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Gesture Drawing: What Is It? Why You Should Practice It!

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🎨 Daily Button Drawings 🎨

Start immediately – 5-7 minutes

Values only (no lines)

Fridays you must upload (label with week #)

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📌Project Step 1: Planning✋ Hand + Object Thumbnails
📏 Goal: Draw 6 thumbnails 2.5” x 3.5” changed to accommodate timing of your hand holding a personally meaningful or symbolic object.
✅ No repetitive compositions – Vary by:

Crop

Orientation

Position of hand/object

💡 Get approval before starting your final piece.

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Project Step 2: Drafting the Final

📌 Full-Size Drawing (5” x 7”) – Adjusted for Timing

Step 2A: Drafting Your Composition

✏️ Create a Line Drawing of Your Hand Holding the Object

Use the approved thumbnail as your reference.

First, start with a gestural drawing to establish movement and proportions.

Second, refine the anatomy and proportion of both the hand and object.

Step 2B: Contour Refinement

Lighten the drawing to remove unnecessary lines.

Use what remains as a guide for a Stop, Lock & Look contour line drawing.

🎨 Leveled-Up Color Pencil? See below for practice steps.

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1. Do your exit ticket on MONDAY.

2. Make sure you've completed and uploaded your work from last week.

3. Gestural Hands Warm up (below).

4. Thumbnail Sketching (minimum 6) of your hand holding an object (with symbolism). 2 x 2 1/2 inch thumbnails

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The Basic Elements - Shape Value Color Edge

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The Basic Elements - Shape Value Color Edge

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The Basic Elements - Shape Value Color Edge

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🎯 Anchor Assignment Options

1. 📌Try Out Button Drawing Technique: Mastercopy Haystacks (in color)

2. 📌Try Out Timed Gestural Drawing - Animals: Resources Below. Do one of each time: 2 minute. 5 minute. 10 minute.

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When Completed, work on this.

🖐️ Gestural Hands: Warm-Up for Next Project. Post below

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"Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)". Claude Monet. French. 1891. Oil on Canvas.

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📌 Button Drawing Technique: Mastercopy Haystacks (in color)

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📌 Button Drawing Technique: Mastercopy Haystacks (in color)

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Replicate using only shading (without line).

We are using this for button drawing practice.

Draw a rectangle mimicking the shape of a horizontal sketchbook page.

Put your pencil on it's side and begin shading by first shading in the general shapes on the page and then creating variation in tone by using pressure and erasing.

Modification: Use THIS HAYSTACKS ETCHING if you're having difficulty with the one above.

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1. Gestural Drawing: Hands ✍️📹 Instructional Videos:

Part 1 (5 drawings. start at 6:41 for photos)

Part 2 (9 drawings)

Part 3 (5 drawings)

📌 Period 2 Link to Submit Assignment
📌 Period 6 Link to Submit Assignment

2. 📝 Self-Reflection Worksheet:
✏️Period 2 Link

✏️Period 6 Link

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🎨 Daily Button Drawings

🔹 Warm-up Activity: Begin each class with your weekly button drawing in your sketchbook.

Instructions:

✔️ Draw four small objects (button-sized) per week—one page total.
✔️ Use shading only (no outlines). Each drawing is life-size and 5-7 minutes.
✔️ Frame, label, and date each drawing.
✔️ Submit your page every Friday.

📌 Draw from life, not photos!

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🎨 Animal Gesture Drawings

🔹 Challenge Yourself! Complete 4-6 hours of animal gesture drawings. Follow the structured timing to improve your skills.

Session Formats:

⏳ 1 Hour → 10 min of 2s | 20 min of 5s | 30 min of 10s
⏳ 40 Min (Class Period) → 10 min of 2s | 10 min of 5s | 20 min of 10s
⏳ 30 Min → 10 min of 2s | 10 min of 5s | 10 min of 10s
⏳ 21 Min → 6 min of 2s | 5 min of 5s | 10 min of 10s

How to Practice:

✔️ Use a timer to stay on track (Google Timer works great!).
✔️ Start with quick 2-min sketches, then build up to 5- and 10-minute drawings.
✔️ Focus on capturing movement and form, not details.

🐾 Push your skills further—embrace the challenge! 💪🎨

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Leveled-Up. Drawing Anchor Assignment 2023-2024

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Gesture Drawing of Pig filmstrip (Muybridge Folder)

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📌 [YouTube Playlist: Timed Drawing Exercises - Animals]
📌 Muybridge's Animals in Motion
📌[Flickr Collections - Animals]

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Best Gesture Drawing Exercise: Sketching Animals

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INTRODUCTION VIDEO. How to draw Hands / Useful Tips!! / Tutorials (Easy way) / (Part 1).

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After viewing the introduction video above, draw along with the artist in these 2 videos below:

1. Video: How to draw hands (part 2)

2. Video: How to draw hands (part 3)

You can pace yourself or work along with the class.

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How to draw Hands / Useful Tips!! / Tutorials (Easy way) / (Part 1)

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Anchor Assignment:

Anchor 3 due by "end of month"

Wrap-Up Nature Still Life:

Completed Project Past Due. Class time before we move on to next project.

Photograph and Upload Here:

Period 2 Link

Period 6 Link

Fill out Self-Reflection Worksheet Here:

Period 2 Link

Period 6 Link

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Nature Still Life:

Wednesday, 02/19: Finished with Cast Shadows and turn in final assignment.

Photograph and Upload before week end.

Anchor Assignment:

Complete, photograph and turn in Anchor 4 by Feb 28.

Next Up:

Learn Options for Anchor 5 (replica or animals in motion), choose and begin.

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Shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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Shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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1. Get out your still life or photo on chromebook.

2. Using the layering technique continue shading. Start w/hardest pencil working your way up.

3. Draw the shapes of value as you see them, asking these questions:

1. What shape is it?

2. How light or how dark is it?

3. What does the edge look like?

4. Cast Shadow:

1. Start with the HB on its side (as demonstrated) to define the edges it touches.

2. Blend out a little.

3. Lightly sketch in the opposite edge of the cast shadow and repeat the previous 2 steps.

4. Go back to using the layering technique.

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Dusting then shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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Dusting then shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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1. Get out your still life or photo on chromebook.

2. Using the layering technique continue shading. Start w/hardest pencil working your way up.

3. Draw the shapes of value as you see them, asking these questions:

1. What shape is it?

2. How light or how dark is it?

3. What does the edge look like?

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Nature Still Life. Final Contour Line Drawing. 

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Nature Still Life. Final Contour Line Drawing. 

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For the remainder of this week, using the photographs you took of your leaf, twig and seed pod, you will create a line drawing for your final project: Nature Still Life drawing.  The purpose of this line drawing is...

To SHOW understanding of subject arrangement through composition.

To ILLUSTRATE an anatomically correct visual depiction of a leaf, twig and seed pod in a two-dimensional drawing.

To UTILIZE the drawing techniques we've used this year, specifically the Modified Blind Contour methods, in order to create the line drawing.

Procedure

Step 1: Documentation & Set Up

Follow the Photograph. Using your chromebooks only, open the photograph you are using for your rough draft/final project.

or

Work from Life. Take a picture from your exact perspective the way you did for the dead on photograph (before break). This will be your backup in case anything happens. Upload it to your old assignment for safekeeping.

Step 2:  Draw what you See

When drawing your subject, remember to recreate the lines in front of you using the blind modified contour method.  Your lines should be rugged, uneven and natural.  Avoid making your lines too smooth, straight or curvy.  These subjects are from nature.  Typically, especially with subjects that com from trees, the lines are more rugged.  Don't be afraid to experiment with the way you draw your lines after you draw your initial proportions. Remember, the more rugged the line, the more natural.

Step 3:  Submit

When you have finished your rough draft, submit a photo of your final rough draft to the assignment links above.  Remember to submit a photo that is clean, clear and free of any background other than the paper.  Remember that the drawing should take up most of the space in the photograph.

The line drawing is due on Monday, January 6th.  By that day, everyone will move onto their shading.

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Nature Still Life. Final Contour Line Drawing. 

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Nature Still Life. Final Contour Line Drawing. 

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Continue drawing for your final project: Nature Still Life drawing.  The purpose of this line drawing is...

To SHOW understanding of subject arrangement through composition.

To ILLUSTRATE an anatomically correct visual depiction of a leaf, twig and seed pod in a two-dimensional drawing.

To UTILIZE the drawing techniques we've used this year, specifically the Modified Blind Contour methods, in order to create the line drawing.

Procedure

Step 1: Documentation & Set Up

Follow the Photograph. Using your chromebooks only, open the photograph you are using for your rough draft/final project.

or

Work from Life. Take a picture from your exact perspective the way you did for the dead on photograph (before break). This will be your backup in case anything happens. Upload it to your old assignment for safekeeping.

Step 2:  Draw what you See

When drawing your subject, remember to recreate the lines in front of you using the blind modified contour method.  Your lines should be rugged, uneven and natural.  Avoid making your lines too smooth, straight or curvy.  These subjects are from nature.  Typically, especially with subjects that com from trees, the lines are more rugged.  Don't be afraid to experiment with the way you draw your lines after you draw your initial proportions. Remember, the more rugged the line, the more natural.

Step 3:  Submit

When you have finished your rough draft, submit a photo of your final rough draft to the assignment links above.  Remember to submit a photo that is clean, clear and free of any background other than the paper.  Remember that the drawing should take up most of the space in the photograph.

The line drawing is due on Monday, January 6th.  By that day, everyone will move onto their shading.

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Shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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Shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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1. Get out your still life or photo on chromebook.

2. Using the layering technique continue shading. Start w/hardest pencil working your way up.

3. Draw the shapes of value as you see them, asking these questions:

1. What shape is it?

2. How light or how dark is it?

3. What does the edge look like?

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Dusting then shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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Dusting then shading using Layering Technique. Nature Still Life.

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1. Get out your still life or photo on chromebook.

2. Using the layering technique continue shading. Start w/hardest pencil working your way up.

3. Draw the shapes of value as you see them, asking these questions:

1. What shape is it?

2. How light or how dark is it?

3. What does the edge look like?

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1. Lighten up your lines first.

2. Dust with your hardest pencil. No lines should be visible.

3. Flatten and roll your kneaded eraser to lighten up you dusting.

4. Begin in one spot and keep working adjacent areas. (think ripple: drop in water).

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Gesture Drawing: What Is It? Why You Should Practice It!

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INTRODUCTION VIDEO. How to draw Hands / Useful Tips!! / Tutorials (Easy way) / (Part 1).

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After viewing the introduction video above, draw along with the artist in these 2 videos below:

1. Video: How to draw hands (part 2)

2. Video: How to draw hands (part 3)

You can pace yourself or work along with the class.

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How to draw Hands / Useful Tips!! / Tutorials (Easy way) / (Part 1)

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This shows the best technique. The layering method is what we use in this class.

Don't worry about which pencils he's using, just start with your 2H (or your hardest pencil), then use your HB, and finally your 2B.

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Value Scale Drawing Exercise for Shading Without Blending

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Nature Still Life: Line Drawing Instructions

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Nature Still Life: Line Drawing Instructions

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Goal:

Create a proportioned line drawing of your nature still life using your chosen method.

Materials Needed:

12x16 drawing paper

Still Life on Tagboard

Drawing tools (pencil, eraser, etc.)

Procedure:

1. Prepare Your Paper:

Draw a template of the tagboard on your 12x16 paper.

2. Outline the Edges:

Use your chosen method to draw all the outside edges:

All the Way Around: Outline the entire still life.

Half & Half: Divide the still life into two halves and outline each section.

Quadrants: Divide into four sections and outline each quadrant.

3. Adjust if Necessary:

If your first drawing isn’t proportioned correctly, redraw on a new piece of paper.

4. Get Feedback:

Show your drawing to the teacher for approval when you believe it’s well-proportioned.

Modify any parts of the drawing that are inaccurate before moving on to the next step.

5. Add Details:

Once approved, draw only the interior edges of your still life.

6. Submit Your Work:

Photograph all versions of your drawing (including any drafts).

Upload all photos to the Google Classroom assignment.

Reminders:

Take your time and focus on proportions.

Always use the blind modified contour method. Avoid sketching at all times.

Double-check your work before moving to the next step.

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Why does how we arrange our subject matter in an artwork matter so much?

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Composition in Still Life Drawing and Painting | With Christine Frerichs | Otis College

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1. On a sheet of tag board I want you to place the following items: seed pod, twig, leaf

2. I will set up hot glue stations and when your table is called, you will come over and glue one point for each.

3. Then you will "buddy up" with a person at your table. Watch the demo and photograph.

4. Upload your photographs to this assignment.

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Extra Credit Opportunity – Personalized Drawing Challenge (Tim Burton Inspired Self-Portrait)

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Extra Credit Opportunity – Personalized Drawing Challenge (Tim Burton Inspired Self-Portrait)

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🎨 Earn Extra Credit This Week! 🎨

Follow these steps to complete your extra credit assignment:

1️⃣ Gather Your Materials

Pick up the following from the front table by the chalkboard:

Newsprint paper

One white & one black colored pencil

A ruler

A mirror

Bring your own pencil and eraser.

Be sure to return borrowed materials at the end of the period!

2️⃣ Watch the Tutorial Video

Follow along with the video: Click here to watch!

3️⃣ Create Your Drawing

Use the mirror to personalize your drawing and make it uniquely yours.

4️⃣ Submit Your Work

Take a clear photo of your finished drawing.

Upload it on Google Classroom by the end of the week to receive your extra credit!

✨ Have fun and show off your creativity! ✨

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How to Draw a Nightmare Before Christmas Self-Portrait

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🚨 Time to Catch Up and Finish Strong! 🚨

The marking period is almost over—let’s make sure you’re all caught up. Here’s what to do, in order of importance:

1️⃣ Complete the Major Assignment: Modified Hand Drawing

This is a major grade! Make it a priority to finish, photograph, and submit it ASAP.

2️⃣ Check Google Classroom

Look for any missing assignments or assignments with 50% or 0%.

Complete the correct drawings, photograph your work, and upload it.

Resubmit the assignment for grading.

3️⃣ Cross-Check Your Grades

Compare your grades in Genesis and Google Classroom.

If something doesn’t match, double-check your submissions and let me know if you have questions.

💡 Tip: Don’t wait until the last minute—start now to avoid stress later! Let me know if you need help. 😊

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1. Create three modified blind drawings, each using a different method:

All the Way Around

Half & Half

Quadrants

(Refer to Google Classroom for detailed instructions.)

2. Submit your work by following the instructions in the Google Classroom assignment.

3. Complete the "Exit Ticket for 3 Methods Assignment."

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1. Arrange three nature items overlapping on white paper.

2. Use Stop-Lock-Look modified blind contour technique to draw the exterior edges of the still life.

3. Begin in any quadrant where edges touch a border or the crosshairs. Draw the exterior edges for that quadrant.

4. Move to an adjacent quadrant that shares an edge with the one you just completed, and repeat for all quadrants.

5. Finally, draw the interior edges (still using Stop-Lock-Look) by starting at the exterior connections and working inward.

Time requirement: Minimum 5 minutes.

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Procedure:

1. 3-5 minute blind drawing (use training wheels)

2. 5 minute MINIMUM modified blind drawing (complete object)

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 using choices below.

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Choices:

Pinecone

Hand

Leaf

Shoe

Lanyard/Charger Cord

Backpack

Crumpled Paper

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Feeling ready for a break from Blinds and Modified Blinds? Here’s a creative challenge to stretch your skills:

1. Rewatch the Video: Watch as much of the video as you need to feel confident.

2. Start Simple: Grab a fruit with a simple shape (like an orange, apple, or pomegranate).

3. Draw Cross Contours: Sketch the cross contours of the fruit, focusing on capturing its form.

4. Label and Date: Label your drawing with the fruit's name and today’s date.

5. Level Up (Optional): Want to push yourself? Try drawing cross contours of more complex shapes like bell peppers, artichokes, bananas, chili peppers, or even grapes.

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Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

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Cross Contour Lines - Improve Your Drawing and Painting

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1. Arrange three natural objects overlapping on white paper.

2. Using the Stop-Lock-Look method, create modified blind contour drawings:

Begin with the exterior edges, drawing only half of the still life.

Return to the starting point and complete the second half.

3. Add the interior edges, starting from the exterior connections and working inward, still using Stop-Lock-Look.

Time requirement: Minimum 5 minutes.

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Phase 1: Focus on *transferring the line drawing you did on the plastic picture plane to the toned paper.

1. Draw the outside edges only, quadrant by quadrant.

2. Use the techniques taught for accurate transferring.

3. When completed with step 1, use the cues from the outside edges to start working inward, again, one quadrant at a time.

4. When completed, look at your actual hand (not the line drawing) and make any adjustments based on what you perceive to make it look more like your hand.

5. Re-tone any portions of the paper that got erased when transferring the hand drawing.

*Transferring is not tracing. Tracing is not allowed unless specifically given permission.

Phase 2: "Shade" your work by using subtractive methods.

1. Make sure you're sitting in the same spot with the room properly lit.

2. Prop your hand up in the position you originally drew it in.

3. Using your kneaded eraser, gently begin to pick up the graphite from the lightest lights on your hand. You may use your pink pearl sparingly.

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Scale 1: Subtractive.

Set the ground by toning the entire scale.

Match the values by *subtracting graphite from the page with an eraser. If you need to add more, go back in by setting the ground.

*For 1, your darkest value, you will not be able to get it black. Instead for 1, you will use ebony pencil to create a darker value. However, do not press so hard it gets shiny.

Scale 2: Additive.

Use your 3 pencils to shade the value scale using the *layering technique.

Match the values by shading with your graded pencils. Start with your hardest pencil (2H) and “set the ground” in boxes 1-4 by lightly dusting.

Then use your HB pencil to add more graphite where necessary.

Lastly, use your 2B to add even more graphite. For box 1, you will again have access to an ebony pencil. Even though it will not get “black”, it will be your darkest tone.

*Follow the directions in the teacher demonstration.

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1. Upload any missing assignments.

2. Photograph and upload the tracing of your hand on a clear picture plane HERE Period 2 or HERE Period 6.

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1. Set up viewfinder with cardboard (teacher demo).

2. Read the first two pages before moving on.

3. Draw hand with sharpie on viewfinder.

4. Set the ground (teacher demo).

5. Read page 3 and 4 of the pdf before moving on.

6. Set the ground.

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Complete a minimum of 1 Inktober Prompt in your sketchbook each week. Upload to social media #inktober & #inktober2024 for extra credit*.

Week 1: October 1-7

Period 2 Link. Period 6 Link.

Week 2: October 8-13

Period 2 Link. Period 6 Link.

Week 3: October 14-20

Period 2 Link. Period 6 Link

Week 4: October 21-27

Period 2 Link. Period 6 Link.

Week 5: 28-31

Period 2 Link. Period 6 Link.

*Extra Credit: Screenshot your post and upload to the correct class below for every week you participate.

Period 2 (extra credit only)

Period 6 (extra credit only)

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Hand

Crumpled paper.

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Open up your homework assignment (upload a picture of a person you know).

Gaze at their face for 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

Close your Chromebook.

Open up your sketchbook.

Title the Page: Drawing a person from memory.

Write your name below.

Take 10 minutes to draw that person.

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The teacher will guide you through a series of Blind Contour Drawings, aka pure contour drawings.

Your pencil must be GLUED to the paper. Once you begin drawing you cannot pick it up.  Find your way around, this might mean backtracking over edges you already drew.

NO LOOKING at your drawing until time is called.

You can only draw AS  you are actively looking at the wrinkle. Pretend your pencil and eyes are synchronized and can only move together.

If you finish drawing before time is called, start over again and try to draw even more slowly.

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The teacher will guide you through a series of Blind Contour Drawings, aka pure contour drawings.

Your pencil must be GLUED to the paper. Once you begin drawing you cannot pick it up.  Find your way around, this might mean backtracking over edges you already drew.

NO LOOKING at your drawing until time is called.

You can only draw AS  you are actively looking at the wrinkle. Pretend your pencil and eyes are synchronized and can only move together.

If you finish drawing before time is called, start over again and try to draw even more slowly.

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Instructions.

1. Tape the four corners of a piece of paper off to the *right of your body (*left if you draw with your left hand).

2. Turn your body to face the opposite direction of your paper.

3. Cup your hand and gaze at a single wrinkle in the palm of your non-drawing hand.

4. Begin to draw that wrinkle, defined in drawing as an "edge." Move from wrinkle to wrinkle (edge to adjacent edge), confining your drawing to what you see in the center of your palm, in an area of about a square inch. Do not attempt to outline your whole hand, and do not turn to look at the drawing you are creating on the page.

5. As you eyes very slowly track the edge of each tiny wrinkle in your palm, one milimeter at a time, your pencil will record your perceptions simultaneously. Your hand and pencil will function like a seismograph, recording every detail of what you're seeing.

6. Continue to draw until the timer signals you to stop. Then you can turn and look at your drawing.

7. Sign and date your drawing.

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An exercise that reduces mental conflict

We shall use this gap in the abilities of the left hemisphere to allow R-mode to have a chance to take over for a while.

Figure 4-7 is a reproduction of a line drawing by Picasso of the composer Igor Stravinsky. The image is upside down. You will be copying the upside-down image. Your drawing, therefore, will be done also upside down. In other words, you will copy the Picasso drawing just as you see it.

Materials:

The reproduction of the Picasso drawing, Fig. 4-7

Your #2 writing pencil, sharpened.

Your drawing board and masking tape.

20-30 minutes of uninterrupted time.

Instructions:
Before you begin: Read all of the following instructions.

1. I will be playing music. As you shift into R-mode, you may find that the music fades out. Finish the drawing in one sitting, allowing yourself at least 20 minutes—more if possible. And more important, do not turn the drawing right side up until you have finished. Turning the drawing would cause a shift back to L-mode, which we want to avoid while you are learning to experience the focused R-mode state of awareness.

2. You may start anywhere you wish—bottom, either side, or the top. Most people tend to start at the top. Try not to figure out what you are looking at in the upside-down image. It is better not to know. Simply start copying the lines. But remember: don’t turn the drawing right side up!

3. I recommend that you not try to draw the entire outline of the form and then “fill in” the parts. The reason is that if you make any small error in the outline, the parts inside won’t fit. One of the great joys of drawing is the discovery of how the parts fit together. Therefore, I recommend that you move from line to adjacent line, space to adjacent shape, working your way through the drawing, fitting the parts together as you go.

4. If you talk to yourself at all, use only the language of vision, such as: “This line bends this way,” or, “That shape has a curve there,” or “Compared to the edge of the paper (vertical or horizontal), this line angles like that,” and so on. What you do not want to do is to name the parts.

5. When you come to parts that seem to force their names on you—the H-A-N-D-S and the F-A-C-E — try to focus on these parts just as shapes. You might even cover up with one hand or finger all but the specific line you are drawing and then uncover each adjacent line. Alternatively, you might shift to another part of the drawing.

6. At some point, the drawing may begin to seem like an interesting, even fascinating, puzzle. When this happens, you will be “really drawing,” meaning that you have successfully shifted to R-mode and you are seeing clearly. This state is easily broken. For example, if someone were to come into the room and ask, “How are you doing?” your verbal system would be reactivated and your focus and concentration would be over.

7. You may even want to cover most of the reproduced drawing with another piece of paper, slowly uncovering new areas as you work your way down through the drawing. A note of caution, however: Some of my students find this ploy helpful, while some find it distracting and unhelpful.

8. Remember that everything you need to know in order to draw the image is right in front of your eyes. All of the information is right there, making it easy for you. Don’t make it complicated. It really is as simple as that.

Begin your Upside-Down Drawing now.

***Time permitting you will complete a second, third and possibly fourth drawing using one of the additional images of your choice. Please label the order you drew them in.***

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When you have completed your Igor Stravinsky from yesterday, you will work on making the shift into R-Mode and staying there by practicing two more upside-down drawings. You do not have to complete all three. These exercises are to help you practice making a mental shift and sustaining that shift.

Remember:
~ You must keep your drawing upside-down as you work.
~ Don't outline and fill in. Work from one line to each adjacent line, fitting it together as you go.
~ If you start naming things, stop drawing & use a tool to get you back into R-Mode.
~ No talking or disrupting others.

Signs you are in R-Mode:
* music fades away or is just white noise
* the work becomes fascinating
* you lose track of time
* your accuracy increases (even if proportion is off)

Signs you are in L-Mode:
x You start naming things (hand, hoof, nose, tail)
x You are bored
x You want to stop drawing
x You want to talk or are thinking in words

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Drawing With The Right Side of the Brain

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Materials:

mirror

pencil

blank paper

Time Needed: minimum 30 minutes

Purpose of Exercise:
Pre-instruction drawings provide a valuable record of your skills in drawing at the present moment, a record that will enable you to appreciate your advance in skills at a later date.

Instructions:
1. Title you paper "Pre-Instruction Drawing #1, Self-Portrait" on the top right corner of the paper

2. Write your first & last name on the top right directly under your title

3. Place your mirror directly in front of you.

4. Sit about arm's length from the mirror. (You may need to put a book under your paper to draw on your lap.)

5. Draw your self portrait to the best of your ability.

6. When you have finished, date and sign your drawing below.

Final Step: Turn over your drawing and answer the following questions on the back side of you paper: 1. How do you feel about drawing this piece and why? How do you feel about the final product and w
why?

Submission: Go To Google Classroom

Take a photograph in good lighting and submit by deadline.

Place original in your folder. I will be collecting them soon.

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This exercise is designed to give you a feel for the very personal expressive quality of pencil lines on paper.  You will "try out" the line styles of master artists and then experiment with your own marks.

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Exercise 2: Pre-Instruction of Your Hand

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Exercise 2: Pre-Instruction of Your Hand

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Materials:

pencil

blank paper

Time Needed: minimum 15 minutes

Instructions:

Title you paper "Pre-Instruction Drawing #2, My Hand" on the top right corner of the paper

Write your first & last name on the top right directly under your title

Sit at the table with the paper arranged at a comfortable angle.

Try out various positions of your non-drawing hand (the left if you are right-handed, or the right if you are left-handed), and choose a position in which you will draw it.

Hold your posing hand still and make a drawing of your own hand.

When you have finished, date and sign your drawing below.

Final Step: Turn over your drawing and answer the following questions on the back side of you paper: 1. How do you feel about drawing this piece and why? How do you feel about the final product and w
why?

Submission:

Take a photograph in good lighting and submit by deadline.

Place original in your folder.

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Today is the test to see how quickly you can get into R-mode and how long you can stay in R-Mode.

You will be drawing the upside-down horse and rider during class time.

Remember:
~ You must keep your drawing upside-down as you work.
~ Don't outline and fill in. Work from one line to each adjacent line, fitting it together as you go.
~ If you start naming things, stop drawing & use a tool to get you back into R-Mode.
~ No talking or disrupting others.

Signs you are in R-Mode:
* music fades away or is just white noise
* the work becomes fascinating
* you lose track of time
* your accuracy increases (even if proportion is off)

Signs you are in L-Mode:
x You start naming things (hand, hoof, nose, tail)
x You are bored
x You want to stop drawing
x You want to talk or are thinking in words

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Today we are going to learn the basics of photographing artwork and then put it into practice.

This is a brief intro on how to get a good photograph when taking pictures of artwork.
You may need to reference it frequently until you get used to producing quality photographs.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyKiq3XrnR8

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Exercise 3: Pre-Instruction Drawing of the Corner of a Room

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Exercise 3: Pre-Instruction Drawing of the Corner of a Room

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Materials:

pencil

blank paper

Time Needed: minimum 20 minutes

Instructions:

Title you paper "Pre-Instruction Drawing #3, A Room Corner" on the top right corner of the paper

Write your first & last name on the top right directly under your title.

Look around the room in which you are working and choose one corner to draw. It can be a simple, empty corner, a corner with a few items, or a very complicated scene.

Sit in a chair with your paper on a table or on a book in your lap.

Draw the room corner to the best of your ability.

When you have finished, date and sign your drawing below.

Final Step: Turn over your drawing and answer the following questions on the back side of you paper: 1. How do you feel about drawing this piece and why? How do you feel about the final product and w
why?

Submission:

Take a photograph in good lighting and submit by deadline.

Place original in your folder.

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Pen & Ink Drawing Tutorials | Beginners introduction to crosshatching & basic strokes

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Take your drawing to the next level by imbuing it with symbolism. You don't have to use these symbols, it's just to get you thinking about it.

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Some of the most common symbols are the:

In this list, you'll find some of the most prominent symbols as well as learn about what each of them means.
You can check out our visual summary below or skip ahead to read a detailed description of each symbol and its origins.
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Why Are Symbols Important in Graphic Design?

Symbolism, or semiotics as it's known in technical circles, plays such a large part in human communication because people are constantly looking for deeper meaning. Whether it's in the stars, drawn on a cave wall or in the newest visual content, we add such meaning to our communication through the use and interpretation of signs.

Because we look for meaning in everything around us, anything can become a symbol as long as people interpret it to mean something other than its literal definition. Some symbols, however, have become so ingrained within our cultural sphere that they carry an almost universal meaning. After all, who doesn't immediately associate an owl with wisdom, a dove with peace or a red rose with romance?

Whether you're a designer, a web design company, a filmmaker or a writer, all communicators must resort to symbolism to communicate a message. To help you create meaningful content that triggers the right associations in your audience, here are 40 symbols all storytellers should be familiar with.

20 Common Symbols and Meanings

The narrative poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most notorious examples of the use of this mysterious and macabre bird, which is often associated with its cousin, the crow.

As an animal that feeds on dead bodies, the raven has cemented itself as a sign of death and doom in the human psyche. The symbolism of ravens is so common that modern audiences identify it with a bad omen.

Visual communicators of all types can use the symbol to foreshadow death and disaster or create an atmosphere of doom and gloom.

The dove is often associated with peace, tranquility and grace. Its meaning has become so universal that major world religions such as Christianity and Judaism have used the symbol as the truest representation of peace, grace and divinity.

In modern times, it has also become synonymous with pacifism and the end of a conflict. Its progression from a religious to a political symbol is evidenced in its adoption as the symbol of anti-violence campaigns and the Olympic games, which has become a means to promote international cooperation and peace.

Communicators of all types can use the symbol to communicate serenity, harmony, unity and the absence of violence.

3 Butterfly

All over the world, in both myth and art, the butterfly is seen as a symbol of transformation and change, thanks to its metamorphosis from a wormy caterpillar to a stunning insect with vividly colored wings.

In certain cultures, this conspicuous insect is a representation of the soul and is used in tales and myths to signal a visit from someone who passed away or signal the possibility of life after death. For example, in the movie "Titanic," the decorative butterflies on Rose's hair comb were used to represent her freedom from the "cocoon" of her engagement to a man she did not love.

Communicators of all types can use this symbol to visually represent any type of change or transformation, both internal and external.

Across the globe, the cross is associated with Christianity, spirituality, forgiveness, resurrection and healing. More specifically, it represents the story of Jesus' including his death on the cross.

A red cross is commonly used as a symbol for medical and humanitarian relief workers in war zones and at the sites of natural disasters. It is also widely used to designate first aid and medical supplies, apart from its use by the International Red Cross, the American Red Cross and other organizations.

Just as we use water to wash away dirt, sweat and soil, water cleanses a canvas. But it also becomes a symbol of obstacles, such as a river or ocean to cross. Either way, water can be a symbol of power in visual stories, with the ability to claim audiences and characters, as well as free them.

The use of the owl as a symbol is as popular today as it ever was: You see them everywhere, from accessories and clothing to interior design and home décor. But the symbol's popularity is nothing new.

Its historical popularity as a symbol is also due to the fact that an owl always accompanied Athena, the Greek goddess of learning. In Native American cultures, the owl is seen as a creature of the night, and so is associated with the supernatural and even death.

Because they are usually nocturnal, owls have often been seen as mysterious and even magical creatures that dwell in and emerge from the darkness. Europeans in the Medieval Ages even believed the creatures might be sorcerers in disguise. Likewise, West African and Aboriginal Australian cultures viewed the owl as a messenger of secrets and a companion of sorcerers.

In a visual message such as a logo or design, an owl can be used to represent wisdom, intelligence or a lesson that needs to be learned.

Who doesn't associate a red rose with love and romance? After all, it is widely used in film, art and literature as representations of these concepts. And nothing says, "I love you," like a gift of a single red rose. The connection is nothing new, either. Romans venerated the flower as the symbol of their love goddess, Venus, and Greeks associated the symbol with the goddess of love, Aphrodite.

As a crucial element in the development of civilization in the history of mankind, fire is widely seen as a symbol with multiple meanings: a flame can signify wisdom and knowledge, while a raging fire is often used to symbolize fear, pain, anger, punishment, destruction and even death. Such associations likely hearken back to earliest days of mankind.

After all, before humans found ways to properly harness this element, fire was a force that quickly could demolish early settlements. Therefore, fire commanded fear. Still today, drought-ridden regions are consumed by fires that can't be adequately controlled. Even now, we witness the struggle in the western United States.

On the other hand, fire can also represent rebirth and renewal, as in the example of the phoenix, a mythical bird that ignites itself and emerges from its own ashes. It can also symbolize passion combusting from within.

A caveat to those who are thinking of using the symbol in any type of content: Keep in mind the context when crafting your visual message. For example, while a candle flame may be seen as representative of knowledge, a raging fire may be interpreted as destruction, judgment and danger. Poking smoldering coals to reignite a flame, on the other hand, more accurately describes an igniting passion or lust from within the soul.

This symbol may bring to mind bows and arrows, like the kind used by Robin Hood and his merry men, but they are also ubiquitous in the modern world: Think of the cursor on your screen or the arrows you see on websites to draw attention to certain elements on the screen. You also see them on highways, where they serve to direct your gaze and steer you in the right direction.

In logos, arrows often signify movement, progress, ambition and direction. Arrows can even be used as a symbol that only our subconscious minds immediately recognize. Examine the famous FedEx logo, for example. Hidden in the white space between the E and the X is an arrow pointing to the right. Since we read from left to right, pointing right signifies moving forward, and the arrow is speed.
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Flags can carry a variety of meanings, depending on the context, symbols and colors used. For example, the rainbow flag is commonly associated with the LGBT movement. Meanwhile, national flags are commonly used to evoke a sense of pride and patriotism in citizens.

The colors used in a banner can symbolize all sorts of concepts, which is why most countries have designed their own flag with the meanings of colors in mind. For example, red can represent blood loss, valor and revolution, while white usually stands for nonviolence and harmony. Blue, on the other hand, symbolizes freedom, yellow stands for wealth and green commonly represents agriculture and fertility. It's no coincidence then that the most common color combinations on country flags are blue, red and white; and yellow, red and green.

Based on an audience's country of origin, it will interpret the colors of its national flag as a symbol of patriotism. In the United States, for example, the colors red, white and blue are a symbol of national pride. An Italian audience, however, would react similarly to red, green and white.

11 Rain/Storms

And although it most commonly denotes sadness and melancholy, the potential of rain's symbolism is far from limited. In movies, rain has been used to create a sense of fearful apprehension and even represent a person crying.

Rain can also symbolize purification as it washes away dirt and destruction. It can even symbolize the cleansing of the human soul. Just imagine a character walking through a rainstorm as he or she undergoes a mental transformation.

12 Peace sign

While a variety of peace symbols, such as the dove and the olive branch, have been used in an assortment of ways across cultures and contexts, the " peace sign", we know today was designed in the 1950s as the logo for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

A combination of the semaphore signals for the letters "N" and "D", standing for "nuclear disarmament," the peace symbol was later adopted by a variety of anti-war movements.

Although the symbol instantly brings to mind the hippie movement of the 1960s, it returned to its roots in the 1980s with its adoption as the symbol of the anti-nuclear movement.

13 Occult symbols

Meaning " unknown" or " hidden," the occult refers to supernatural phenomena and the paranormal; in essence, all that transcends the limits of human reason. Religions such as Wiccanism and NeoPaganism consider occultism as fundamental to a spiritual experience.

Occult symbols can range from those used in witchcraft, satanism, Kabbalah or other mystical ideologies.

Common symbols such as an inverted pentagram, ankh and the all-seeing eye play an important role in ceremonies and ritual.

One of the most widely recognized symbols is the heart. While it still means "love," it can carry much more subtle meanings, and it has many variants that have evolved through time. For example, some of the early versions of the symbols were more realistic and rounded, while newer representations are simplified renditions in the form of pictograms.

The first known use of the heart symbol is found in a 13th-century miniature representing a suitor offering his heart to the woman he is courting. The heart symbol also has been a common feature on coats of arms. In such uses, the symbol can stand for many of the ideas we associate with hearts today, including love, valor, loyalty and kindness. Hearts can also carry a religious connotation, such as when they're depicted surrounded by flames or thorns.

Just like symbols, colors have also been assigned meanings, depending on the context.

Blue, for example, may symbolize disparate ideas, such as calmness and melancholy, at the same time. Another example is the color red. While it is often used to signify danger, it is also frequently associated with romance and love.

Marketers can gain a better understanding of how to correctly leverage color symbolism by understanding their context-specific meanings.

Whenever we see the skull and bones symbol, a few things come to mind: warning labels on poisonous substances, pirate ships, Halloween, death and mortality.

In fact, skulls are the most identifiable bone in the human body, but almost always foster feelings of dread and dismay. After all, any time we see a skull, it means its owner has died.

Graphics featuring a pair of bones crossing below human skull have symbolized death since the Middle Ages. The symbol was engraved on the head of the earliest tombstones in Boston and the rest of New England, and skulls are also the primary symbol of Mexico's annual Day of the Dead.

As with other symbols, context is key. The popularity of the symbol in modern culture has some fearing that children enthralled by piratery imagery might be attracted instead of repelled by warning labels incorporating the symbol.

17 Crescent

Just as the cross is associated with Christianity and the star of David is a universal symbol of Judaism, a crescent symbolizes another major world religion. But the use of the crescent moon as a symbol predates Islam by several thousand years. In fact, the symbol was in use by ancient cultures in Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of the sun, moon and sky gods.

Because it's literally a drawing of the second lunar phase, the crescent, also referred to as the sickle, is the astrological sign representing the moon. Since the crescent moon literally means to grow and increase, the shape often symbolizes new beginnings and the making of dreams into reality. It can even be connected to rebirth and immortality.

An ancient symbol with many uses, the star can take on different meaning based on both its context and its number of points. Because they are some of the most distant bodies we can see with the naked eye, stars can symbolize physical distance, such as a journey, or emotional distance, such as a misunderstanding.

Before advancements in science were made that allowed humans to understand the nature of our galaxy and its celestial bodies, stars were seen as a symbol of the struggle between light and darkness, between the spiritual and material worlds.

Light is used by many cultures to symbolize illumination in the metaphoric state. It can symbolize purity, goodness, clarity, insight and knowledge.

Light is the symbol of joy and of life-giving power, as darkness is of death and destruction. Therefore, in religion, light is often associated with immortality and a higher power. For example, in the Jewish Holy of Holies, a cloud of light symbolized of the presence of Yahweh.

In our physical world we see things through the medium of light. In the symbolic world, we see not with light but with wisdom. Therefore, light is often associated with enlightenment.

20 Darkness

Therefore, visual storytellers can use this symbol to represent any of the following: death or the transition to the afterlife; the lack of a clear vision; the evils and mysteries of the night; the darkness of the human soul.

Bonus Visual Symbols and Meanings

Known as the "king of the jungle," the lion is a symbol of strength, royalty and authority. In religion, it is used to represent Christ as king.

A representation of grace, balance and beauty in ancient Greece, the swan is also associated with love, poetry and music.

A symbol of mystery and growth, spiders can also represent the power to construct reality through our decisions.

The wolf is often used as a representation of loyalty, guardianship, strength, independence and freedom.

Although the Old Norse word means "pirate" or "raider," it can also be associated with concepts such as power, magic and strength.

A mythological bird, the phoenix is known to emerge from its own ashes. Thus, it signifies rebirth, renewal and immortality.

27 Triangle

The triangle is associated with concepts such as power, stability, the Holy Trinity and, in ancient times, female reproduction.

Often seen after a rain, the rainbow signifies new beginnings, hope, the fulfillment of a dream and the promise of prosperity. It's also associated with diversity and the LGBTQ+ community.

Circles represent wholeness and a natural sense of completion. They can signify eternity and constant movement.

One of the most revered symbols in Asian culture, the dragon represents strength, power, wisdom, luck and magic.

Recognized in religion as messengers from God, angels represent guardianship, divinity, protection and goodness.

Symbolic of our internal struggles, demons represent base desires, addictions, or weaknesses or defects you try to hide from others.

A beautiful and ostentatious bird, the peacock is often associated with grace, awakening, royalty, self-expression and confidence.

A universal symbol, the egg is associated with new life, birth, fertility, resurrection and the potential for growth.

A well-known symbol, witches represent magic, spells, witchcraft and the supernatural world. For some, it can represent a way of life or fond fictional characters such as Harry Potter or Gandalf.

A gentle and cuddly animal, the rabbit is often associated with concepts such as warmth, comfort, vulnerability and fertility.

37 Trees and forests

While a tree may symbolize fertility and life, a forest is a symbol of entering the mysteries of the unconscious and the unknown.

In astrology, each planet represents something. For example, Venus symbolizes love, beauty and art, and Mercury represents intellect and reason.

The star around which the Earth and other planets orbit, the sun represents the self, life, power, glory, foresight and vision.

A body that orbits the Earth, the moon represents femininity, the rhythm of time, eternity and the dark side of nature.

Your Turn

Were any of the above symbolic meanings a surprise? Which symbol have you most often used in your visual designs?

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40 Common Symbols and Meanings (& How to Use Them)

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Some of the most common symbols are the heart symbol, the dove symbol, the raven symbol, the tree symbol and the owl symbol. Find out what they mean.

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Late Work: Setting Up (required for moving on).

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Late Work: Setting Up (required for moving on).

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1. Set up viewfinder with cardboard (teacher demo).

2. Read the first two pages before moving on.

3. Draw hand with sharpie on viewfinder.

4. Set the ground (teacher demo).

5. Read page 3 and 4 of the pdf before moving on.

6. Set the ground.

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Your job, of course, is to complete the second profile, which will inadvertently complete the symmetrical vase in the center.

Before you begin: Read all the directions for the exercise.

1. Copy the pattern (either Figure 4-2 or 4-3). If you are righthanded, copy the profile on the left side of the paper, facing toward the center. If you are left-handed, draw the profile on the right side, facing toward the center. Examples are shown of both the right-handed and left-handed drawings. Make up your own version of the profile if you wish.

2. Next, draw horizontal lines at the top and bottom of your profile, forming top and bottom of the vase (Figures 4-2 and 4-3).

3. Now, redraw the profile on your “Vase/Faces” pattern. Just take your pencil and go over the lines, naming the parts as you go, like this: “Forehead … nose … upper lip … lower lip … chin . . . neck.” You might even do that a second time, redrawing one more time and really thinking to yourself what those terms mean.

4. Then, go to the other side and start to draw the missing profile that will complete the symmetrical vase.

5. When you get to somewhere around the forehead or nose, you may begin perhaps to experience some confusion or conflict. Observe this as it happens.

6. The purpose of this exercise is for you to self-observe: “How do I solve the problem?” Write your answer on the back of your paper.

Begin the exercise now. It should take you about five or six minutes.

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1. Arrange three nature items to overlap on white paper.

2. Using the stop-lock-look technique, draw modified blind contours of the still life’s exterior edges.

3. Begin anywhere and draw continuously around the edges.

4. Next, draw the interior edges, connecting them to the exteriors and working inward, still using stop-lock-look.

Time requirement: Minimum 5 minutes.

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Gesture Drawing of Pig filmstrip (Muybridge Folder)

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📌Resources for Timed Gestural Drawing - Animals

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📌Resources for Timed Gestural Drawing - Animals

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📌 [YouTube Playlist: Timed Drawing Exercises - Animals]
📌 Muybridge's Animals in Motion
📌[Flickr Collections - Animals]

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🖐️ Gestural Hands: Warm-Up for Next Project

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🖐️ Gestural Hands: Warm-Up for Next Project

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1. 📂 Open the Hands PowerPoint

2. 🔄 Pick up where you left off

3. ✏ Warm-up Drawings:
⏳ 3 x 2-minute drawings
⏳ 3 x 5-minute drawings
⏳ 1 x 10-minute drawing

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2025 Drawing Exercises - Reference Photos: Hands

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Pen and Ink Tutorials: Basics applied to spheres.

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Pen and Ink Tutorials: Basics applied to spheres.

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Shading with Pen and Ink Must Know Tips and Techniques

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Cross-Hatching Drawing Techniques Tutorial:  Pen, Ink, Pencil

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🖐️ Gestural Hands: Warm-Up for Next Project

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🖐️ Gestural Hands: Warm-Up for Next Project

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1. 📂 Open the Hands PowerPoint

2. 🔄 Pick up where you left off

3. ✏ Warm-up Drawings:
⏳ 3 x 2-minute drawings
⏳ 3 x 5-minute drawings
⏳ 1 x 10-minute drawing

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2025 Drawing Exercises - Reference Photos: Hands