A slideshow presented at Pencilific workshops, currently in Chico and Mendocino. Focuses on Betty Edwards, learning to really see what we want to draw, the principles of art and elements of design, drawing and creating satisfying sketchbooks.

1. A slide presentation created by Lori Stevens

3. Attributes needed to draw:
Fresh eyes
Time and patience
Self-forgiveness
Playfulness
Openness to new ideas and approaches
Practice thinking:
Process and journey
versus
Destination

4. Play
NO fear
Laugh
Relax
Loosen uP
Forgive
Learn
Make a mess and love it

7. What we are
NOT
going to do.

15. Recent Work

27. My Work

28. William Kentridge

30. Alberto Giacometti

32. Kathe Kollwitz

34. Michelangelo Buonorrati

36. Leonardo daVinci

38. Elizabeth Layton

40. YOU

44. B. Tritt.

45. U. Wathling

46. Il Lee

47. Pere Rius

48. Pere Rius

49. Cy Twombly

50. deKooning

53. Il Lee

54. Miquel Bohigas Costabella

55. Cy Twombly

56. Banksy

57. Seth Young

58. C. Saul

59. Teri Brooks

61. 1.
M. Allen

63. Practice
creating value
with marks
2.

72. Positive
and Negative Space

78. Albrecht Durer: Grid Perspective Tool

79. A plate from Jean
Dubreuil's 17the century
manual, "Practical
Perspective Necessary
to All Painters";
here, an "artist's glass" is
in use.

83. Franz Marc

84. Nine boxes using “L’s”- Two dime
Black and White NO midtones
Something with text but NOT readable
Bold shape or shapes
Emphasis on Form
Sfumato
Texture(s) you think you can handle
Chiaroscuro
Illustration
A recognizable image

86. Saturday evening homework:
sketch out your house plan
forge famous signatures
finish what you didn’t
comb the beach for cool subjects
Sunday:
Three Dimensional Studies

87. Form, Value & 3D

91. About Edges

92. Renato Orara

94. Light, Shadow and Reflection

97. 3” x 5” card

98. Proportion and Perspective

104. Foreshortening

107. Texture

108. Physical Texture
Visual Texture

114. Balance

116. Unity
Kandinsky

117. Proportion

118. Space and ba
I. Hunter

119. Repetition

120. Rhythm and Mov
Phil Lewis

121. Viewpoint

129. Jim Dine

133. Cath Riley

137. Sketchbooks

140. Loui Jover

146. Seurat

149. Gillian Hurst

160. Simple beauty

162. JJulia Clift

164. what to do next??

168. HL Boyce

171. My Life and Art Maxims
(always a work in progress...)

172. More homework:
Establish a Pinterest board called
“Drawing to Do”
Establish a bunch of Pinterest boards
Take a lot of photos with great
composition
Pick up rocks and look at them with
drawing in mind
Join The Red Elephant Project on

173. Thank you for joining me!
Lori Stevens
www.pencilific.com
www.loristevens.net