![]() ![]() Geometric shapes usually look organized, and have names such as circle, square or rectangle. They can require a guiding tool to draw such as a ruler. Geometric shapes have clear edge, are precise, and related to mathematical principles. Shapes can be geometric, such as squares, circles, or triangles, or organic, such as the natural shape of a puddle, cloud or leaf. Shapes are limited to two dimensions: length and width. The boundaries of shapes are, or create, lines. Shapes are flat spaces enclosed by lines. Shape is another important element of visual art. Lines of varying widths can add interest to your drawing! ![]() A line can start out thin, get thicker, and then get thin again, depending on your drawing tool, and how you use it. Lines can be all the same width or a single line can vary in width. A line’s width is sometimes called its “thickness”. A line has a width, direction, and length. The more lines that are added, the more complex and detailed your drawing becomes. A single line will divide your drawing into two areas. Lines are what separate one area of the drawing from the other. Lines span a distance between two points. Line is the most basic element of the drawing. The middle ground is located between both the foreground and background. The foreground is what appears closest to the viewer, while the background looks furthest from the viewer. The foreground, middle ground, and background are three parts of a composition that can help to create the illusion, or sense of depth in a flat or two-dimensional artwork such as a drawing or painting. It is the arrangement of everything we see within the borders of a drawing or other work. Composition is not the subject or theme of a work. I invite you to learn, study, play, enjoy…and DRAW!Ĭomposition is the placement, arrangement, combination or organization of visual or pictorial elements such as line and shape in a work of art. I am hoping to get some photos of participants creating big murals on white butcher paper with drawing tools and techniques that The Library and I provide! Here I share the information, concepts, terms and techniques I plan to share with them tomorrow in a handout, and through our drawing projects, which will then grace the library’s walls. This coming Saturday I will be leading a drawing program at The Fairview Library in Santa Monica, as part of The Big Draw LA. The Big Draw: Exploring Elements of Drawing Many thanks to The Fairview Branch Library Manager, Erica Cuyugan, for the vision and commitment to make this event possible. Line, shape, color, space, composition, perspective, proportion, scale…who knew learning about these could be so fun! Learning by doing, making art in community, and having a blast at The Big Draw LA, at The Fairview Branch Library ![]() The community room is now alive with the work of the community. What a happy face!Īs patrons came into the community room, they were invited to outline their hand along the edges of the fourth piece of paper, then design, develop and decorate it, adding their name if they wanted to. parents and children worked together to make the dress as green as the one she was wearing. Two young artists with a love of green created the border around the edge of this drawing, then Ellie was outlined inside. ![]() Are his hands purple, or is he wearing purple gloves? It took the devoted efforts of several drawers coloring to make this piece complete. Rowan volunteered to be outlined on another sheet, Slowly the land and sky developed into a wonder world. The composition grew from there, as each participating artist added their “thing”. An enterprising eleven-year-old started this piece off by drawing in the horizon line, and adding a few mountains rising up above it, to show distance. The result was magnificent…the result of many artistic voices. The Library staff set up four large rectangular pieces of white paper on tables, for participants to work on together and create “Big Drawings” that would be hung on panels around the community room, and serve as decor, color, inspiration and fun!Ĭhildren from the ages of two to twelve showed up with parents, and jumped into the activity with gusto! Moms and Dads followed suite….Īrtist moms got the opportunity to play with color, shape, line and pattern…Īnd some young artist chose to work on their own drawings, separate from the group projects, Last Saturday I had the pleasure of leading a drawing event for The Big Draw LA at the Fairview Branch of the Santa Monica Public Library. ![]()
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