Learning to draw is all about learning to see as an artist. In this project, you transform an egg-shape into a cartoon of a goofy-looking gremlin. You exercise your vision to examine the step-by-step illustrations that demonstrate the various stages of adding the very simple shading.

Preview lesson B05 - Grendel Gremlin

This lesson doesn't have much to offer about "learning to see" -- unless y'all run into egg-headed gremlins a lot more often than I do! I think it belongs more in a category on cartooning.

I understand what SJW_teacher is saying. However, I have to disagree. (though she is the teacher and I am just a student )

It brings together the basics of the previous tutorials nicely and gives us something fun to draw. I feel this was harder than it actually looked and I really enjoyed drawing this My gremlin came out really good (how often do you hear that) and very symmetrical.



A big thank you Brenda.

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That was my first official drawing by the way!!!

Here's my little pet gremlin. Gave him pointy ears. Cute lesson.

B05 lesson is named Blind contour drawing, no Grendel Gremlin.
Whatever, the Blind contour drawing is quite necessarily? I mean, it's almost impossible to draw without lookin at what you are drawing. It seems stupid.

Yes, it does appear that the lessons have been reorganized and/or renumbered. Lesson B05 is now Blind Contour Drawing. I would start a new thread in this section with that topic title but it appears I don't have permission to do that??

Anyway, for anyone else who is reading the forums as they progress along I'll share my thoughts on the Blind Contour Drawing. I thought it was interesting. I used two household objects. A lamp and a sauce pan. I drew the sauce pan twice and the second one was an improvement on the first which I attribute to where I started on the shape.