The first thing we had to do was draw the object how you would normally. So this involved me trying to make the drawing look like the tin opener and using a pencil for tone and shading. Didn't turn out very good...
Next we got told not to look at the paper when drawing the object. This focuses your attention on guiding your pen to follow the contours and outline of the object you are drawing and gives a more interesting image in the end.
This did produce more interesting images but it was difficult to tell what the hell they were. So I needed more practice. But first we had to try the same technique with your non favourite hand, therefore my left. The idea behind this was to make you concentrate even more on guiding the pen.
Then the next thing was to use both your hands and two pens and do half the drawing with one hand and half with the other at the same time. Tricky stuff!
This was somehow making my drawings look more like tin openers than before and they certainly looked more interesting than the original pencil drawing I did. We then used scissors to 'draw' the object, using them to cut out black paper in the shape of the object.
Then was another go at drawing right handed like the second drawing to see if I'd improved. I had.
It was still a bit childlike but it was definately better than my first go at this technique. You can tell what it is. Just.
Then we had a go at using the same technique for drawing letters. We had some sheets of alphabet in different typefaces and had to pick a typeface and word that described the object. I enjoyed this bit, I thought the typefaces drawn out looked really interesting and could be used in kids picture book or in illustration.
Then the final thing we did was combine the scissors cutting out of the outline and not looking at the paper. I stuck the cut out onto paper then drew over the top without looking at the paper. This definately gave the best result. I'm going to use this style of drawing way more often from now on in my work.
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