27 Aug 2009

Course work: Did the exercise on Observing Light (page 15) late last night and early this morning: described results in my course sketchbook. Did the first two exercises in Assignment 1, Section 3, page 16, using a glazed off-white cup and a white box. Found it difficult to get a really uniform tone with pencil, and my shapes were not well-drawn. Repeated second part of exercise with a cone and a box I made from paper as subjects, Conte crayon as medium: a bit easier to produce uniform tone with this.

Reading:
The Complete Drawing Course, Ian Simpson
Running Press, Philadelphia, PA 1993
Lesson 3 (pp 26-33)

How to Use Your Eyes James Elkins
Routledge, New York & London (2000)
Chapters 16-25 (pp 118-195)


Personal sketchbook work: Did a sketch in my pocket sketchbook of a clump of hickory trees I saw this morning while walking. Sketched two views of a chambered nautilus in my A4 sketchbook.

Total time: about 2 ½ hours