Feeling the form
Exploring drawing and touch
If you don’t have someone to choose the object for the following exercise you can still do it – it just isn’t such a surprise.
1- Ask someone to place a small, fairly complex, object in a bag that you can't see through ( children's toys are good - toy animals work well). You should not be familiar with the object.
2- With one hand ready to draw in pencil on paper place the other in the bag and feel the object.
3- Draw as you handle the object, don't look at the object or bag at all .
4- Try not to guess what it is or whether it is the 'right way up'
Exploring drawing and touch
If you don’t have someone to choose the object for the following exercise you can still do it – it just isn’t such a surprise.
1- Ask someone to place a small, fairly complex, object in a bag that you can't see through ( children's toys are good - toy animals work well). You should not be familiar with the object.
2- With one hand ready to draw in pencil on paper place the other in the bag and feel the object.
3- Draw as you handle the object, don't look at the object or bag at all .
4- Try not to guess what it is or whether it is the 'right way up'
If you feel an object that you recognise you will be tempted to draw it in one way - the ‘right’ way up. Try to resist this and draw what is offered by the other viewpoints. Notions such as the ‘right way up’ stop us from seeing other opportunities and ways of thinking creatively by assuming something can only be presented or used in a certain way.
