This week we’re using the Drawing P.A.C.T Framework, to get you drawing quickly instead of staring at a blank page. That is draw a Place, Animal, Character and Thing. By picking 4 subjects instead of 1 you occupy the inner critic, and instead of creating a perfect subject, you are in the act of creating.
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On drawing animals…
Of the almost 20 books I’ve illustrated, every one features either an animal or monster. The exception being the biography of Lionel Messi. In all those books I treat animals and even monsters the same way, and that is to make them seem human like.
The way I do this is by shooting an expression, pose or gesture that is unmistakenly human.
With poses and gestures I try to pose the animal in a post that a human could conceivably do… there is a book by Eric Carle called ‘From Head to Toe’ where he explores this idea in great detail.
With expressions, simply drawing animals with human eyes go a long way to making them more relatable. We naturally draw animals with humans as a reference, lean into it.
Draw an animal or do the entire drawing P.A.C.T and share your work here.
