Hello Friends!
As promised, I finally have another installment of Carla Sonheim's Drawing Lab Lessons to share with you.
This lesson was about using your wrong hand to draw a portrait with permanent ink.
No erasing, limited control and looking at your subject 60% of the time while drawing, is meant to practice further coordination between your hand and your eyes.
For me, my right hand is my "wrong" hand....
So, I used 2 tear outs from a magazine, a Sharpie and began.
Here's the first attempt.
As promised, I finally have another installment of Carla Sonheim's Drawing Lab Lessons to share with you.
This lesson was about using your wrong hand to draw a portrait with permanent ink.
No erasing, limited control and looking at your subject 60% of the time while drawing, is meant to practice further coordination between your hand and your eyes.
For me, my right hand is my "wrong" hand....
So, I used 2 tear outs from a magazine, a Sharpie and began.
Here's the first attempt.
Fine motor control with this hand is greatly reduced, so detail lines were quite difficult. Eyes were automatically wonky and trying to control the slope of her jaw...well, had some humorous results :)
I chose a larger picture for the 2nd one which proved to be a tad easier...
But not much...haha! What would usually be a deliberate slight curve with your dominant hand becomes way too wavy like in the lips and eyes....
...and those fine lines of the eyelashes and hair take a lot of thought with your wrong hand. It was kind of nice not to worry about the outcome, though. I'm finding that this book is helping me to relinquish the choke hold I sometimes assert on my art....haha!
Next week's Lesson...we get to go to the Coffee Shop and draw the people around us. I get a little self conscious when I whip out a pencil and paper in public...but I'll do it for you guys, oh, and the promise of coffee doesn't hurt either ;P
Please link up your wrong-handed drawings here!
Thanks for playing along :)
Cameron
