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 characters…
There are two ways to use the character portion of this exercise.
The first is to do imitate the way an artist makes a particular piece of work. This is seeing through their eyes. The work you are looking at is the results of hundreds or thousands of past choices, they hold in them a particular wisdom. Copying helps you encounter that wisdom.
The second is to do your own take on the character. Sometimes this might means a change of medium or drawing style. It could also mean a change of sensibility or a focus on a different attribute. For example you might portray an old batman, as wise but frail, or an energetic and niece younger version.
You might even create a kid friendly version with softer versions of familiar themes.
This is Symbie, it’s the preschool version on Venom in the Spider-Man universe, I thought it was an amazing take on the character. Created by Disney for Spidey and Friends, the preschool audience version of Spider-Man.
Draw a Character or do the entire drawing P.A.C.T and share your work here.
