Subject of Drawing , Composition

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Photos: taken by Sally P Stilwell
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Subject of Drawing 2:

Today's subject of drawing is nature as composition landscaping of your drawing. This coming week Matthew Archambault will have some new drawing tutorials that will help with this subject of drawing.

In his post, Matt talked about getting out of the four walled surroundings, to get some reference photos. He has some awesome photo references, for any of his projects. Matt will hire models or go out into the world to get his reference materials. I did the same today. I ventured outside and took some digital photos of some of my surroundings

With this shot above, I had to place the digital camera so the lens was viewing between the hole in the fence.

It amazes me how flowers, trees, and bushes can take over and give us some much beauty, if we only take the time to look.


This tree is across the road from me. I always worry when we get heavy storm coming through. Those white branches don't look too strong, but it make an interesting composition.

Here, we have some darks and lights of green with the sky in the background. The different shapes and light attracted my attention. Nature is the contribution to the subject of drawing for now.

Thoughts to Drawing

Drawing by Sally P Stilwell

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Do you know your thoughts can produce the reality? So, don't let the negatives get in your way, or cloud up your thoughts. Can you see the negatives in this drawing? (The clouds, rain, and the shoe dropping) When you draw out what you want, different result can happen. Drawing can release those negatives from your mind, if you want to think of it that way. When children draw those pictures of bad things, that may or may not be happening to them, this is a way they release their fears. They are drawing, as a way to communicate their fears. Just like all the joys they feel, the child draws them, too. Hopefully, the children will be drawing more joys they feel, than the fears or dangers. Have you ever drawn out your fears? How about drawing your joys or blessings! Get out those crayons and feel like a child again. Stick figures and shapes may even give you something to smile about. Simple lines like those in this drawing make shapes you can recognize as faces or a shoe.

Cartoons

A Cartoon:

Here is a cartoon I drew that questions age and work and how it can effect you. Is your work aging you? Can you see and feel the signs before others? Cartoons can convey so much with very little words. Cartooning is a form of drawing. It uses exaggerations and minimal lines with few tools. A pen/pencil and your doodles can make a person laugh or cry.

Stories are told with a cartoon. You can color it or just use some shading. Everyone has a different take on what the cartoon is about, but you don't have any say in that. All you do is present a figure and a few words to tell the reader something that may already know. You just put it on paper.

A cartoon can stir some strong emotions in some people. That may be the intention the cartoonist wants from the reader, to make them think of the obvious or to think outside the box.

So, here is my cartoon. More will be posted in the near future.