Hello again,
Well here is the first of a batch of exercises as promised
connected to the barasu001: coming to
terms. These exercises seek to remove certain misconceptions about drawing
that confronts all beginner artists.
I will post them one at a time, giving you enough time to do
the exercise before proceeding to the next one. It’s important you do these
exercises as is and not question them. The more you question them, the less
likely it is to work (sound like a fake preacher right now). The first three
are craft and the last one on technique.
There is a lot of feedback I would like to get back from all
you guys, especially on the pre-instruction tests, so don’t be shy to post your
results in our guest book by signing up with www.lunacy108.webs.com. Trust me I’ll
read it and offer advice.
Following this will be the barasu about lines, which I think
will be an eye opener for any beginner, so again…be patient and just follow
along.
Thanks
Exercise name
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001 A place for everything(craft)
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Objectives
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I’m not telling you. Do the test first.
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Pre instruction
Test
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Step1: bring out all your supplies as specified in the
barasu001: coming to terms.
Step 2: place all the pencils and paper you have from all
the others(I suggest you use wooden pencils and A4 printing paper for this
test)
Step 3: now, start tearing up and squeezing new sheets of
paper.
Step 4: next take two pencils, and break them whichever
way you like.
Step 5: when you feel you have had enough, go down to the
bottom of the exercise sheet to read your placement.
Step 6: keep the broken pencils, throwaway the thorn
papers.
End test
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intensity
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Once every day, until you need to buy new supplies.
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constraint
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Do, not more than 20 sheets in a day, and not more than 2
pencils in a day
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Craft tools
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1 A4 printing paper
2 Drawing pencils 2B(do not use clutch pencils, if you do
the lead is the focus of the exercise)
3 a sharper
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Set up
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Just have a stack of your paper and lots of pencils.
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Exercise steps
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Step 1: squeeze a new sheet of paper, then another, and
another, one after the other. do this ten times.
Step 2: throw it away in a corner
Step 3: make 10 drawing attempts…about anything you like
Step 4: squeeze your attempts and throw them in a corner,
but in a different corner from the first.
Step 5: break the point of the pencil you used to do those
drawing attempts in step 3.
Step 6: study the
pencil lead you just broke off is step 5
Step 7: pick up the squeezed plank sheets of paper and
unravel them(open them out)
Step8: sharpen the
pencil, the point which you broke off earlier.
Step9: make marks based on what marks the squeezing
created. If you find objects there…even better
Step 10: pick up the drawing attempts, open them up, bring
out any old file, and place them in it.
Step 11: determine your fail rate and salvage rate.(see
milestones below)
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Examples
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Progress Track
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Session1: as already prescribed
Session 2: before any drawing work
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Milestones
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1 when you see recognizable objects in the blank squeezed
paper
2 How many drawing attempts do you regret squeezing
compared to all attempts? Subtract that from all drawings you did, This is
your fail rate
3 How many do you not want to place in the folder compared
to all attempts? this is your salvage rate
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Suggest rule
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Hint: step 6
Which was harder to destroy, your paper or pencil?
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Utility Test
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Send us feedback on what situation you used this exercise?
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Post exercise
comment/advice
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This exercise hopes to achieve 5 things.
1 How well you have
learnt to come to terms with the consequences of your decision to start
learning to draw. If you have not, then by the second sheet of paper torn in
the test you would have started cursing.
2 to show you that
the paper is the most deposable thing of all the tools provided and you
should never fear it, blank or otherwise.
3 show you that all drawing is about making an attempt and
that all failure is recoverable and can be corrected, that is what the
sharpener did and that is what you did when you filed your terrible attempts.
I have a name for that folder , it is called “revival drawings”
4 to help your
determine your fail rate and revival rate. These two can determine whether , like
me you cry when it does not work out, or say “I have come to terms with my
attempt, failure for now….success for later”. Be honest with yourself when
determining these, because it is a measure of your progress.
5 to teach you the benefit of having excess supplies. The
idea that you have so much paper, pencil etc, to throw away will allow your
mind take chances and make the mistakes that are up ahead.
6 to point to your
comfort zones, that is what it is you like or prefer drawing…because it is
both a blessing and curse at different times.
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Escalation
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Choose an object you would like to draw, give someone else
the job of scribbling on your paper, keeping the object a secret, and then
you must find the object in their scribble.
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my heap of squeezed A4 sheets of paper |
my poor pencils...i broke more than two and thought better of it |
one of my drawing attempts i liked |
another drawing attempt i really liked |
this attempt...i hated |
this attempt was okay |
bad attempt, bad dog...u can tell. still shaky on animal drawing |
an "unsqueezed" paper sample from the exercise when i did it |
the shapes i found among the lines and the shadows |