For this assignment, we were given a portrait that Picasso did of Igor Stravinsky. The only thing about this assignment was that we were not only supposed to draw the same portrait but we were to turn the picture upside down and draw the lines we saw. We folded the sketch paper into 8 rectangles which then a grid was also put on top of the portrait. In doing this, we were to focus on how the lines of the drawing inside those boxes, and use this as a guide. We learned that in using a view finder you are able to take one picture and change the focus to many different subjects. Just like using the grid, you are able to focus on specific areas of the artwork.
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| My Drawing |
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| Original Picasso |
Media used for this assignment was HB pencil. The subject was the upside down portrait of Igor Stravinsky, and the objective was to teach us how to not draw a man in a chair, but to focus more on the actual lines and subject matter. In doing this, we were exercising our Right brain instead of allowing the Left brain to interrupt.
For me, I would say that this assignment in general was half hard half easy for me. Strangely, for me, I found it very frustrating having to use a grid. But in drawing the portrait upside down I felt I did better then maybe I would have drawing it right side up. This lesson was rather fun for me, and slowly I am beginning to get back into the groove of my creative mind.
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