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DRAWING
DRAWING TIPS - by Karen de Verteuil
1. Be sure to look at the subject, not at the paper, while drawing.
2. Practice drawing using something with unfamiliar shapes - A Congo pepper or a slice of tomato - being careful to copy exactly what you see and NOT what your verbal side tricks you into 'seeing'.
3. Check your negative spaces for accuracy. The drawing will fall into place like pieces of a puzzle.
I have highlighted some negative spaces on the drawing below to demonstrate my point. You will find that a more complicated subject is actually easier to draw.
"I HAVE LEARNED THAT WHAT I HAVE NOT DRAWN, I HAVE NEVER REALLY SEEN, AND THAT WHEN I START DRAWING AN ORDINARY THING, I REALIZE HOW EXTRAORDINARY IT IS" Frederick Franck
