Brianna

Your hard work is really starting to show, Brianna!! Each week your eye for accurate proportions has steadily improved and your line work has become confident. After you got through drawing the negative space around the chair (I know you got a little frustrated with it) you dropped into the zone and put together stylin' egret! First of all, you did an excellent job of drawing the negative space around the entire bird, especially around the 's' curve of the neck and its body. Secondly, the proportions of its body are accurately drawn. The contour edges of the head and beak look very natural and you got a great start in adding details for the feathers. I really like how you went big, using your whole paper while keeping accurate proportions. Onward to the next level of realism! :-) And if you have some spare time this week, give the drawing challenge a try. It'd be great practice...

This week's drawing challenge:
Look around the classroom or in your back pack. Find an interesting object. It can be a stapler, a piece of your jewelry, or a watch; anything that you can set in front of you to draw. Take a moment to see the negative space surrounding the object... that's where you'll lightly draw the contour lines that show the edges of its form (like you did with the egret). You can add lines and patterns to show textures. HOT TIP: Start by lightly drawing basic shapes of the objects to help you get accurate proportions.