a framework for toolmaking
What you’ll need:
Fine tipped pen (black). Foam brush or Painters brush (2″ or larger) and Acrylic Paint (black). 4 Large pieces of paper.
Exercise:
- Get out two pieces of paper at least 8x10 but preferably 16x20 or larger.
- With the large brush draw a field mouse or bug. Try to make the picture fill the page.
- On the next sheet of paper use the fine-tipped pen to draw an elephant or large building. Again, try to make it take up the same amount of space on the page.
Options:
- Bust out some finger paint and try to copy the pictures you made.
- Try your drawing of the mouse or bug again, this time using a handfull of pencils or markers
- Try drawing the elephant or building again, this time trying to block out a percentage of the mark that the brush orignally was making.
Questions:
- What happens if you go back and draw on one of the pictures with the other drawing tool?
- Did you hold the two tools the same way? Did you use the same muscles?
- Which was harder for you? Keeping the large brushed drawing on the page or to make the pen drawing fill the page?
- On a scale of 1 to 10 what “volume” would you say each of the pieces is?
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