This was my first week back to CC and, boy, am I feeling it. Maybe also because my husband has been gone for a week, I’m planning my daughter’s fifth birthday party, and I have four loads of laundry staring at me. Whatever the reason, I’m a little tired and I’m going to blame that for the badly-proportioned Washington Monuments in my video lessons. So, please adjust your drawings in class accordingly. Or if yours ends up being off too, just blame me.
We will practice shading in this lesson just like the Liberty Bell project from week two. Repetition of the concept can help it stick in our student’s brains, and help them see how it can be used in multiple ways. This week it will be used on the geometric forms of the Washington Monument, and next week we’ll find ways to use it in our final drawing. Continue Reading →
