The Body: proportions

     How to draw a person? Get a copy of the basic human in circle-and-tube form. Study the model and beging to overlay clothing onto a body. Then colour and shade your figure to give him/her dimension and reality.

Basic figure

Examples from the book*:

*I have had this fotocopies for many years and I do not remember from which book I copy them. I always like to write my sources. It could be from Drawing for older children and teens : a creative method that works for adult beginners too, from Mona Brookes.

Abstract Art after Regular Geometric Shapes

This exercise is really easy to do and the results are amazing!!!!!

What do you have to do?

1. Draw a regular geometric shape on a coloured cardboard, DIN A4.
2. Draw the lines where you will be cutting the smaller shapes out.
3. Cut out the pieces, if there are too many, write a number on them.
4. Glue the pieces on another colored cardboard, but remember to leave a space in between them. Make sure all the pieces are on place!!!

 AFTER A TRIANGLE

A. Sosa.

Are we surrounded by geometric shapes?

   The idea of this work is to make students think on objects, symbols, etc. based on the three basic shapes: triangles, squares and  circles.

• You are given a grid with the three basic forms: a circle, a trinagle and a square.
• You will have to draw 4 different objects that contain these shapes.
• At the end, colour nicely your work.

Students examples

Damià V.

If there are students that like to be challenged, try this second grid.

Easter Eggs.

By Craft and Creativity

The Conspiracy of Colors by Grannt Snider.

Awesom pictures!!!!

Can you tell which type of symmetry are they?

Giorgio de Chirico. Art inspires Art.

Giorgio de Chirico (1888 –1978) was an Italian artist.

Giorgio De Chirico, La nostalgia dell’infinito, 1913

 

 

Art inspires Art

GS Animation/Grupa Smacznego. Has created an animation after de Chirico paintings.

Lost Senses from GS Animation // Grupa Smacznego on Vimeo.