Sketchbook #2-5

Christmas! What images do you get when you hear that word? The nativity? A Christmas tree? Gifts? Food? Family? Sketch whatever the word Christmas means to you. You may have multiple images, but make sure you arrange artistically.

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Sketchbook #2-4

Choose an enclosed space such as a kitchen cabinet, a television, an oven, a refrigerator, in a drawer or closet. What human qualities do the objects in the enclosed space assume when no one is watching? Do the mustard bottles dance? Do the socks play cards? Fill your page with details…be sure and show the interior of the space as well as the objects. Make sure you have a focal point to the drawing and that your composition is strong. Use shading to make things appear to be three-dimensional.

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