Drawing is important to an art curriculum and there are many component that I would use to make up my drawing lessons. Basic contour lines, positive and negative space, value and shading are very important. I also think that perspective and foreshortening skills should be taught. Students want to know tools and tricks to make their art appear more realistic. Visual spacing and proportions are difficult for me as an artist so I would want to teach that and how practice and good observation makes a big difference.
When I try to balance naturalistic drawing with abstract expressions, I want to make sure to point out how one reflects on the other. Shading can make a naturalistic drawing appear more real and rich. In an abstract it adds more interest to areas and a person who knows how to render an object and has basic skill of shading can apply that to their abstract image. The tools that are taught in school are the background of making art. It is up to the teacher to use these in their lesson, along with creative expression and imagination, to keep students interested and so that they can solve the problem in their unique way.
I love the artist Julian Beever and his 3D sidewalk art. He draws on the sidewalks and uses perspective from one angle to make the images look very 3D. It is a different approach other than using proportions, he has to stretch out the image but from a certain angle the image appears coming off of the sidewalk. He images from the other angle look abstract and unreal. I would use this artist to show realistic images being drawn in an abstract way.
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