Course work: Made substantial progress on my negative-space drawing of a plant, although I wish now that I had chosen a medium other than graphite pencil.
Reading:
Daniel M. Mendelowitz and Duane Wakeham A Guide to Drawing (Fifth Edition)
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Orlando, Florida, USA, 1995
Pp 41-62
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Phaidon press Limited, Oxford 1978
Pp 425-441
Personal Sketchbook work: Out of interest in further depiction of a subject using negative space, I did a negative space drawing of the spaces around part of a small calla lily plant, and inked them in with a brush. The result was a strong graphic image, but my poor choice of viewpoint made it more abstract than representational. Nevertheless, I found it a useful and interesting exercise (and much faster than hatching in with a pencil).
Total time: 3 hours 15 min
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