The Art of.........Copying????!?

G'day, fellow bloggers.........
It's definitely been a while, sine I last blogged. I've been a busy little bee, you know with school and all, not to mention that I was stone cold sick for over a week. That was a bit of a setback, nevertheless, I'm back and its a whole new Art game now!. Here I'm talking about the Art of Copying!!!! that we did about in the 2nd to last week in May.


So, let's check it out! The guide to the Art of Copying:

Step #1
Draw a square grid onto your page and take a note of the number of blocks on the x and y axis of the grid.
(Just when you thought that maths was useless!)

Step #2
Draw a grid onto the picture going to be copied, however you must make sure that the number of blocks on the x and y axis of the picture match the number of squares on the sketch pad paper. This is critical to the proper formation of the image. Basically if it is not done properly, the copied image would need some serious plastic surgery!

Step #3
Assuming that you've done all of that correctly, mach each square or block on the picture with the corresponding block on the Sketch Pad paper, by counting it.

That's all, as easy as 123 (literally)!

Now Mrs. Davis asked us to apply these instruction to the real deal, we were asked to do a portrait!
Now I've done a portrait before and it didn't work out too well, a self portrait that it. But thankfully, this time we were given the privilege to go a portrait of anyone. I embraced the opportunity to do one of Beyonce Knowles. Because of the grid, I found it very effortless to do and here's what it came to be:

It looks pretty good right, but it turned out to scare the boys in my class!!!
But seriously it was pretty scary because of the eyes, so I adjusted them to form this:

 Even better!
I thought that was it but it was only the beginning! The next thing was stippling, but that will have to wait for the next post, at a later date.

It is actually fulfilling to see a piece of empty paper before you, be filled with lines, many many lines and that was how it made me feel to do this drawing, indeed it is one to remember and be proud of.

Follow to see the next couple chapters, on stippling!

One final thought;
Wouldn't it be great if teachers allowed us "practise" copying during exams? 
(Just a friendly suggestion)

Until then, fellow bloggers.............