The Upsidedown Picasso Drawing

 MEDIA:PENCIL, LINE DRAWING

 Doing the Upsidedown Picasso assignment was surprisingly an easy task in my opinion.  Going into the drawing at first, was very intimidating due to the high quality of the subject matter being a person sitting on a chair with its hands crossing between each other.  The subject had many details from head to toe including facial hair and the creases and wrinkles on the subjects outfit.  I thought it would be impossible to imitate Picasso's work.  The media used in this assignment is a print image of the subject over an overhead projector along with a grid, 18x24 drawing paper and a pencil.  Our goal was to look more into the detail of the drawing instead of knowing what our eyes can identify.  With doing the drawing upside down we are able to draw the subject in great forms of detail because we are more focused on all the precised linings instead of how an actual image of the subject will look like.  Our brain does not follow the drawing of the whole subject but the lines and detailed shapes that the subject posses.  Drawing the subject upside down is a way to create a detailed image.  When you add a grid on top of your subject matter, the job of creating the subject will be much easier.  A grid is used to cut down parts of the drawing making it easier for the artist to focus more on a certain section instead of viewing it as a whole.  A view finder in the other hand works well with a grid as well.  Using a view finder is just like using a camera.  You block out anything around the subject so your are only focused on one section or area of the drawing.

Overall, I learned that there are many tools that we can use in order for us artist to succeed in a drawing.  Being introduced to a grid and a view finder is just the beginning.  Sometimes our minds have to view things in a different way in order for an image to come out.  Drawing the Upsidedown Piccasso helped me realize that detail makes up for the whole subject.  Even though my drawing wasn't a masterpiece, I could tell that I have learned to draw better by following great detail instead of following what my mind knows.