Visual Art • Target: 20 mins
Big shapes from a reference
Layout and arrangement often come more easily than recalling objects. Start there.
Steps to follow:
- Pick a reference photo of a scene.
- Spend five minutes tracing or sketching only the large shapes and where they sit in the frame.
- Cover the reference and redraw the same arrangement using a different set of simple shapes.
- Uncover it and compare placement, not detail.
- Add three flat color blocks. Stop before adding anything fine.
- Note whether the layout or the objects felt harder.