Exercise: Touching to See

Overview:

Touching, (instead of only seeing), our subject helps us understand it in new ways.

Materials:

• Bristol paper
• Oil pastels or pencil

Process:

• Draw a plant in 10 minutes.
• Draw the same plant again, this time with your eyes closed. Use your fingers to feel the plant as you draw.
• Draw the same plant for a third time, now with eyes open. Continue to feel as you draw.

Sketchbook Reflection:

• Compare your three drawings. What's different about them?

Resources:

• Touch Prompts (pdf)