Drawing Resources

I was looking for some drawing resources for my studio students.  I found these helpful.

http://www.drawingandpaintinglessons.com/Drawing-Lessons/Pencil-Exercise.cfm

http://www.drawingtogether.com/Exercises2.html

http://carlosdamascenodesenhos.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/David-Lewis-Pencil_Drawing_Techniques.pdf

http://www.gsa.ac.uk/media/956631/guide-to-drawing.pdf

Studio Practices

How do we teach studio practices?  I've realized that I can teach technical skills and art appreciation but I'm not sure that teaching someone to "be" an artist is an option.  I am introducing some activities with my studio students to consider artistic process and what type of commitment is required to be successful in the arts.

We are starting with a comparison of the work of Ethan Tennier-Stuart.  He is currently more focused on design but the progression of his work has been highly publicized on the Internet.  His work provides a great visual transition as someone improves their technique.

http://www.ethants.com/

I rarely do "handouts" but this warmup is a printout that can be broken into 2-4 days.  I'm going to focus on comparing artwork and wait until the end to identify the work as a single person's.  I'm hoping this is a good opportunity to discuss "how" someone becomes a technically proficient artist.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxJHbN4NcqR5WTk0V3VzcUgtSkk/view?usp=sharing

I stole my last slide from the following website:

http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/02/how-do-artists-create-art-masterpieces.html