Drawing What We See

... NOT what we THINK we see!

On any given day in my classroom, you will hear me saying preaching this to my middle school students. Draw what a tree, person, vase actually looks like and you will be much happier with the end result!

Using this philosophy and the amazing book, Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain, I created a drawing unit for the 7th and 8th graders. We drew without looking at our paper, drawing the space around the objects, just the outline of the objects, and upside down. At the end of the unit, the students put what they learned into a final still life drawing. This drawing combined the negative/positive space relationship, blind contour line drawings, and the art of drawing what you see! The results are beautiful!

 

 

 

This was also the first time for the students to experiment with chalk pastels. Messy and fun!