The first lesson was to do 3 contour (line) drawings of a wire (bent differently each time), with the first being in pencil and the remaining in pen. Well, my pen’s ink is fading, so I went back to pencil, and added some shadowing for the last sketch.
Drawing for the Absolute Utter Beginner
Drawing Circles
I read a tip, via browsing on Amazon, from Carole Massey’s Drawing for the Absolute Beginner, in which she refers to Picasso having instructed young artists to draw a perfect circle. And that it’s more effective to move your arm, in drawing the circle, from your elbow or shoulder rather than your wrist. So, I was practicing those today. My circles are still fairly elliptical, and I was drawing them way too fast, anyway. I also tried drawing them with my left hand, and seemed to be more accurate with my left rather than my right hand.
But I was also working somewhat quickly as a form of confidence – doubting my ability to create a circular line could potentially mess up my circle.


