Drawing Day
July 13, 2016Lovely, gentle Drawing Day in Room 13 today. I had 3 students from Da Vinci in the morning who were joined by 2 students from Van Gogh in the afternoon.
Everyone was impeccably behaved and extremely engaged – concentration was high and there was a really good quality of learning – probably due to the small numbers.
We drew figures using 8 head proportion technique and then built on that with basic anatomical drawing. We also went outside and practiced drawing perspective – this is extremely hard and is really for GCSE or A Level students. I was highly impressed with their concentration and their ability to grasp the concept of angles and vanishing points.
I wrote down some of the comments they made today:
‘I like drawing because it stops me from thinking about problems. If you’re stuck on a question and angry about it you can stop and draw. It calms me down. When I go back the question is easy. Sometimes I draw someone who is stuck like me and I think about what advice I would give them.’