Touching, (instead of only seeing), our subject helps us understand it in new ways.
Materials:
• Bristol paper • Oil pastels or pencil
Process:
• With your paper and drawing tools at the ready, close your eyes and sense you own head and face from the inside. What is your inner experience of your features? • With your fingers, feel your eyes, nose, mouth, and cheeks with your hands, as if for the first time… • Keeping your eyes closed, let your drawing follow this exploration.
Sketchbook Reflection:
• Bonus exercise: after the initial drawing, sit down in front of a mirror, and let the experience of touching your own face influence how you draw your portrait.
