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Sketching 101
Travel with a sketchbook and come home with drawings of skylines and landscapes.
Units
One step a week · 4 of 27 doneUnit 1The book: seeing, contour & perspective
Weeks 1–5 · 4/12- Done: Pages 2–9: Meet your teacher, Intro, Your first self portrait (keep it as your baseline), How to see like an artist, SAM skillsWk 1
- Done: Cut out the viewfinders (pp. 63, 65)Wk 1
- Done: Skim the SAM guide (p. 67)Wk 1
- Not done yet: Pages 11–21: Upside down drawing, Negative space, Continuous contourWk 2
- Not done yet: Practice pages 52–55Wk 2
- Done: Buy the travel sketchbook before Oct 11Wk 2
- Not done yet: Away Oct 11–18: pages 22–23 Blind contour (travels well, no prep)Wk 3
- Not done yet: Away Oct 11–18: one trip sketch in the travel sketchbookWk 3
- Not done yet: Pages 24–31 + 62: Perspective, One point, Two point, and the perspective reference images. This is the skyline unit, so don't rush itWk 4
- Not done yet: Pages 32–35 + 69: ValueWk 5
- Not done yet: Pages 40–43: Gridding and Reference photos 101Wk 5
- Not done yet: On a clear day, shoot my own skyline reference photos (Riverwalk or lakefront)Wk 5
Unit 2Midterm
Weeks 6–6 · 0/2- Not done yet: Pages 48–49 Drawing from a reference photo (midterm warm-up)Wk 6
- MidtermNot done yet: Chicago skyline from my own reference photo, drawn indoors in the travel sketchbook, under an hourWk 6
Unit 3The book: faces & observation
Weeks 7–11 · 0/9- Not done yet: Pages 36–39: Drawing a faceWk 7
- Not done yet: Practice pages 56–61 (nose, eyes, mouth)Wk 7
- Not done yet: Pages 44–47: Self portrait #2 and A message to the artistWk 8
- Not done yet: Put self portrait #2 next to the week 1 baseline and post the comparisonWk 8
- Not done yet: Thanksgiving at my parents' (Nov 24–29): page 50 Drawing from observationWk 9
- Not done yet: One low-pressure sketch at my parents'Wk 9
- Not done yet: Page 51: Drawing from imaginationWk 10
- Not done yet: Drawing prompts (pp. 71–72)Wk 10
- Not done yet: Open sketchbook pages (73+): two skyline or street-scene sketches from photos, using perspective + valueWk 11
Unit 4Finish & field work
Weeks 12–13 · 0/4- Not done yet: Finish any leftover book pagesWk 12
- Not done yet: One timed 30-minute sketch from a photoWk 12
- Not done yet: Pack the travel sketchbookWk 12
- FinalNot done yet: FINAL in San Diego: sketch on location in the travel sketchbook, under an hourWk 13
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