rubens rough outline

this is a negative space drawing of rubens "studies of arms and legs."
i was told to, "turn the original upside down and draw the negative
spaces. then turn the drawing right side up and complete the details
inside the forms.

i sort of did it. my heart wasn't really in drawing tonight *and* we
haven't done shading yet (i didn't feel like doing it anyway) *and* i
think it's a dumb idea to copy partial sketches because it's much harder
to get a firm grasp on exactly what it is you're copying.

this is easily my least favorite exercise in the book so far -- i think
it's just a really bad example. but hey, i'm drawing again.

40 minutes

negative space copies

the original is winslow homer's "child seated in a wicker chair."

i was told to copy it, but i wasn't told how, so i thought i'd try both
ways as an experience.. the first drawing is my right-side-up copy, the
second was done a few days later and is an inverted copy (with a major
error on the left side).