Week 3:

Finish shading. Look at lights and shadows. TIP: Make shadows extremely dark.

Ways to trace:

Always tape your bristol paper and regular drawing paper to each other so they doesn’t slide around. May be helpful to tape to the surface too, depending on tracing method.

1. Against a sunny window
2. Transfer paper* (graphite, wax-free) (purchasable)
   
   1. Three sheets of paper is needed: your pencil sketch on bristol on top, transfer paper under with graphite face down in the middle, and your final bristol paper under on bottom
3. DIY transfer paper*
   
   1. On tracing paper or thin sketching paper, outline your drawing. Flip your tracing paper on the other side, and reoutline your drawing with a thick line of graphite. With the thick graphite line facing down on top of your final bristol paper, outline your drawing. The graphite will transfer to your final bristol paper.
4. Lightbox (purchasable)
5. Glass table and a light (DIY lightbox)
   
   1. Place your pencil drawing under your final bristol paper
6. Draw through your pencil sketch to create an impression on your pen bristol paper (not recommended)

*If your tracing or transfer paper is too small, tape two+ sheets together. No need to buy the exact size of your bristol paper.

Week 2:

Finish your contour drawing (linear outline).

Tips on how to self-critique:

• Step back, at least 5 feet away from your piece. Have the photo in your hand, and look back and forth between it and your drawing
• Take a photo of your drawing, then look at the photo. It's as if stepping back (this is not a replacement for stepping back).
• Turn your drawing and your reference upside down to see shapes instead of things
• Squint to ignore details and see general abstracted shapes
• Use the crosshairs and plumb lines to check placement of shapes
• Look with the "Hugging Gaze" and compare the size, angle, and placement of shapes to each other

Bring a soft pencil, such as 4B or 6B to the next class so we can add tonal values.

Week 1:

Finish your drawing from class. Remember that all details and definition come from lights and shadows. Prioritize making the shadows dark. Even if you don't describe the facial features explicitly, they will be suggested. Zoom in to Zorn's work to see what I mean.