Drawing Terra Cotta Pots
Thu, January 6, 2011 at 02:33PM 
A collection of square pots on the table in the back yard looks like good drawing practice.
My scribblings on tracing paper.
I've put together a few posts where I find interesting things and try to draw them. These aren't drawing lessons, just my scribblings with a pen. I welcome you to join in and try to draw these images too. Let's get started!
These square terra cotta pots are basically a bunch of lines at different angles. I sat outside and tried to draw them, but I have so much trouble seeing what is parallel, the angles, etc. so it comes out so awkward. Then I tried to work from the photo, tracing with a ruler, because I'm so analytical I wanted to make sense of the lines. The second photo was solarized in photoshop - to see the light and shadows. To "see" what I cannot see.
Reader Comments (1)
OK, I'm trying to be more creative and make time to do the things I love like draw. So, I took your challenge. Arg! I'm out of shape. the first one came out wonky so I decided to do an old school trick and do a blind contour drawing. It doesn't "look" like a row of terra cotta pots but there are some good lines in there. The angles are better in spots than the one where I was looking at the paper! Thanks for the reminder to take time for art and the reminder to practice.