Sketch and Design Club
(ages 12/13)

The Sketch and Design Club was a collaborative project with graphic designer Julie Chi Schofer. It was 4 day workshop for young teenagers. The children learnt observational drawing in the morning and graphic design in the afternoon. Here are a few examples of the drawing activities. 

Drawing Contour Games

Drawing on mirrors

drawing on acetate 

Copying upside down (from Courbet) with charcoal to see shapes and light

city skylines: positive form and negative space

This activity was about teaching the children how form and space interlock and how forms can emerge by erasing. The urban skyline provided a view to explore how to see relative tonal values. 

still lives on different coloured ground

This was a simple excercise but by changing the colour of the surface, colours applied took on a different aspect. The children were encouraged to see how forms interlocked and how volumes could be interpreted through the direction of the lines or brushstrokes.