Einzelne Zeichenübungen

Einzelne Zeichenübungen#

Betty Edwards#

unser Lehrbuch:

Vases and faces#

Beschreibung:

Before you begin: Read all the directions for the exercise.

[…]

5 When you get to somewhere around the forehead or nose, you may begin perhaps to experience some confusion or conflict. Observe this as it happens.

6 The purpose of this exercise is for you to self-observe: “How do I solve the problem?”

Begin the exercise now. It should take you about five or six minutes.

Why you did this exercise: Nearly all of my students experience some confusion or conflict while doing this exercise. […] That is the purpose of the exercise: to create conflict so that each person can experience in their own minds the mental “crunch” that can occur when instructions are inappropriate to the task at hand.

Upside-down drawing#

What you’ll need: […] Forty minutes to an hour of uninterrupted time.

Why you did this exercise: […] to experience escaping the clash of conflicting modes—the kind of conflict and even mental paralysis that the “Vase/Faces” exercise caused. (BE_61)

Pure Contour Drawing#

Beschreibung: BE_89 ff

What you’ll need:

  • An alarm clock or kitchen timer

  • About thirty minutes of uninterrupted time

Why you did this exercise: Pure Contour Drawing apparently causes L-mode to “reject the task,” enabling you to shift to R-mode. […] Pure Contour Drawing is one of the key exercises in learning to draw. (BE_93)

Drawing materials#

The materials list for the first two editions was very simple: some inexpensive bond typing paper or a pad of inexpensive drawing paper, a pencil, and an eraser. (BE_13)

For this edition […] I wish to suggest a few additional aids: […]

  • a piece of clear plastic […] Use a permanent marker to draw two crosshairs on the plastic, a horizontal line and a vertical line crossing at the center of the plane.

  • two be-view-finder

  • 2 Folienstife abwaschbar und permanent

Viewfinder / Sucher#

Anleitung BE siehe unten. ABER wir machen das noch mehr fancy:

  • Wir schneiden mit einem Federmesser in einen möglichst stabilen A4 Versandkarton mehrere Ausschnitte verschiedener Größe.

  • In den Versandkarton legen wir in eine definierte Ecke eine Overhead-Folie ein.

  • Vorteil: leicht zu realiseren, stabil genug – und die Folien sind sogar austauschbar.

Original BE:

Du benötigst zwei “Sucher,” die [… etwa DinA4 ] groß sind. Schneide aus einem einen rechteckigen Ausschnitt von ca. 10 cm x 13 cm und aus dem anderen einen größeren Ausschnitt von ca 15 cm x 20 cm. Siehe Abbildung 2-1. (BE_13, Übersetzung ChatGPT/JB)

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Modified Contour Drawing#

Beschreibung: BE_96

What you’ll need: … [ unseren selbstgebauten Viewfinder / Sucher ]

What you’ll do:

  1. Rest your hand on a desk or table in front of you […]

  2. Try out each of the Viewfinders […]

Anmerkung: Beim modifizierten Konturzeichnen unterscheidet sich das “New Drawing on the Right Side” deutlich von der Erstfassung aus 1979 (DE: “Garantiert Zeichnen lenen, Rohwolt 1982, hier S. 118ff): Betty Edwards verwendet in früheren Ausgaben noch keinen Viewfinder und kommt insgesamt mit weniger Technologie aus. Die Neufassung verwendet deutlich mehr didaktische Hilfsmittel.

This brings us to a crucial question—that is, an all-important question in terms of your understanding: What is drawing?

The quick answer: Drawing is “copying” what you see on the picture-plane. (BE_99)

Modified Contour Drawing of your hand#

Beschreibung: BE_105

What you’ll need:

  • Your graphite stick and some paper napkins or paper towels

  • What you’ll need:* … [ unseren selbstgebauten Viewfinder / Sucher ]

  • […]

  • An hour of uninterrupted time

Negative Space drawing of a chair#

Beschreibung: BE_127

What you’ll need:

  • About an hour of interrupted (sic!) time – more, if possible, but at least an hour [ JB: sollte wohl eher uninterrupted time heißen ]

*After you have finished: […] With only this brief lesson, you will begin to see negative spaces everywhere. My students often regard this as a great and joyful discovery. (BE_132)

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Madame X#

Beschreibung: BE_178

copy Sargent’s profile portrait of Mme. Pierre Gautreau

What you’ll need:

  • […]

  • An hour of uninterrupted time

A profile portrait of a person#

Beschreibung: BE_181

What you’ll need:

  • […]

  • An hour or more of uninterrupted time

The frontal view#

Beschreibung: BE_210

  • Fig. 10-24: The full-face view diagram.

A self-portrait in pencil#

Beschreibung: BE_220

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