[Returner]

Hi
I dont have any superfunny extremly good drawing exercise in my sleeve for you,but I do know that they teach drawing in the idustrial design course in sweden at least, and I cant imagigne it being radicaly different in brazil or in the us.
But I do not know how much drawing in percent there is in the course though. But it isn�t 80%
Check out it out for your self at :http://www.dh.umu.se/ (industrial design)
It sure is hard to get in there in sweden, they only accept 12 applicants or so each year and it�s a popular education.

[Gimbal8]

Check out "The Natural Way To Draw" (Nicolaids).

Also "Learning To Draw on the Right Side of the Brain" (Edwards) might also be helpful.

Both deal in excercises to help you "see". Betty Edward's book is geared more towards people who are absolute beginners, but if you read through it you are bound to find some usefull information. The Natural Way to Draw is a very demanding book. You'll get out of it what you put in it.

[Ben Barker]

You can get a deal on Amazon if you buy both of those books at once.

[Novacaptain]

I keep seeing, repeatedly, references made to exercises that were done "over and over until i got them right".

I'm very interested as to finding out what those exercises are because I, too, want to "get it right" some day.

Does anyone know any good exercises that can be executed (without very elaborate set-ups) that are good for ridding the eye of the misconceptions that we tend to form about the things around us?

Does anyone know if the course "industrial design" teaches drawing?

[Svanur]

There is one thing that is called "contour drawing" Haven't tried it much but I have read books that recommend such exercises. What you do is pick an object, take a pencil and a paper. Then you stare at the object and draw the lines. Don't look at the paper to see your drawing, only look at the object and draw the lines you see. The drawing won't be the best you've done but this is an exercise in noticing the "contours" of the object and to get a feel for them.

But as I said, I haven't tried it much so I can't really comment on it.

On the other hand if you want something mystical, "you can go to the far east. There you will meet an old and withered man who shall ask thee to sit and meditate under a large tree for 3 weeks without sleep or sustenance..."

:P Skip the last part, just woke up and I am feeling a little insane.:P

[Novacaptain]

I'll check out the books. thanks.

As for contour drawing...one of my math teachers did it with the class once, together with some figure drawings of him - to perfect out spacial perception (for geometry) hehe..

It's fun but frustrating...the drawing looks really horrible at first - totally abstract.

[Gimbal8]

Personally, I hate contour drawings. Hate them hate them hate them...

But alas they are a very important excercise. And you will see them in the books mentioned above. Just remember that the object isn't to somehow end up with a decent drawing when doing contours, but to concentrate on looking at shapes, sizes and relationships.