Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

Today in class, we learned about organic shapes. They don’t have much use of straight or even lines; they echo the contour of nature. We were each given a different bone and instructed to draw 3-4 18x24 inch sketches of it from various angles. John then came around and talked with each of us about which sketch was our best. After selecting our best sketch of the bone, we then had to transfer it onto 3x5 ft. sheets of paper on the wall. We were to get the basic structure down on the wall by viewing out sketch, but then refer back to our bone to add in the details.

I thought this was the most fun assignment we’ve had all semester. Again, it was intimidating at first, because it seemed really difficult. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to do it, but I’ve learned in this class that I have to be confident. Once I believe I can draw it, it’s easy. Certain assignments take me longer and sometimes I have to erase many times, but I wouldn’t be in this class if I was already good at everything. This assignment helped me learn how to loosen up with my drawing; I tend to be very controlled and often push too hard with my medium. But I had to use my whole arm/body in order to transfer my sketch onto the bigger sheet of paper. This assignment definitely took me the longest compared to all of the others, but I feel like I got more out of it because it took more interaction than just standing next to my drawing pad to complete.

-Kelsey Strong, USD Drawing I Student