Drawing Stages in Japan (14yrs)

These photos represent a small cross-section of my students work, beginning with the process decribed in the previous blog. When this project was taught in the UK is was taught over four lessons. In Japan I was able to teach the project over six to eight lessons. This allowed me to build technique knowledge and to slowly introduce the students to aspects of drawing they were new to.


Drawings from Imagination
As you can see, these images were simple and in this case imaginative. In Japan many everyday objects are characterised when they appear as anime. Students will often add a face to anything given the chance!







Quick Sketches and Ellipses
These drawings show the early stages of ellipse
practice on scrap paper. The drawings are lively and energetic.

























Composition Various Mediums

With more time, these compositions show a progression and a certain sophistication. Overall the observation is much more accurate. The picture left used toothbrush and ink, those below brush and ink and pen and ink.







Final Compositions
The final drawings were made onto prepared backgrounds. Students used the medium they felt most comfortable/confident with. The examples below were made using correction pen, bamboo pen and ink and brush and ink.