My Drawing Class....

Some of you know that I'm taking an Interior Design course online. Well, this session, I have a drawing class. My mother and a sister or two can draw....I can NOT! I was pretty excited for this class because I've heard everyone can learn to draw. So I get the books, and tools (pencils with funny names, sketch pad, etc) and I've been staring at them ever since!

When your in these online classes, there are assignments due on certain days. So my first drawing was due on Wed. night. I had to arrange 3 items and sketch them in a loose sketch focusing on their geometric shape. So it was like 11 pm and I was still staring at the items on the table wondering where to start. Jeremiah got up and said his good nights and headed to bed. About 15 minutes later, Laura comes walking out in the living room! She scared me sooo bad!! She came over to the table and asked what I was doing. I'm sure she noticed the pencils lying around...she's my artist. I told her I had to draw a picture of the things on the table. Then I said "Laura, how do you know how to draw so good?" She said she didn't know. But when she doesn't know what to draw, she just starts on one side of the page and goes to the other (left to right I think is what she meant). So I took her back to bed with a thanks for her help.

I started just as she suggested....from one side to the other. Because I'm left handed, it made more sense for me to start on the right side of the paper (I still don't know why...don't ask!). Here is my first drawing for class. It's rough....but it can only get better right?!!!