We discussed strategies for drawing including contour, gesture and modeling as suggested by Kimon Nicolaides in The Natural Way to Draw. Warm-up started with (5) 30 second drawings, (5) 1-minute drawings, (5) 2 minute drawings, a 5-minute drawing. Break. 10-minute conture, 10 minute gesture, 10 minute modeled, followed by extended open drawing poses of 15 minutes.
Out of class suggested activity was to draw one's hand, foot, portrait in a mirror or family member.
