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People really seem excited to compare their weekly at-home sketches and dicuss their experience when we gather on Tuesdays, so we will devote the first 10 or so of our hour  to sharing these.

This week's sketching prompt:

 A place setting, dishes on the table or a kitchen still life was decided on by the group.There's still time to sketch a few!


 
I invite you to enjoy the  Ellipse  tutorial below.
 
The Trouble with Circles in Perspective

                       
 
Squirrel's Breakfast                   M.Garland


Whenever we draw circles or cylinders, we encounter the challenge of depicting them in perspective. A circle in perspective is called an ellipse, and it is a tricky thing to draw and have it look right.

James McMullen has addressed this in his New York Times blog Line by Line, a series about rediscovering the lost skill and singular pleasure of drawing.

 
See you at our next Drawing Together on Tuesday,
Jan 29, 2013, 10:00 a.m.!

Please join us as we exercise our natural drawing abilities
Bring your at-home sketches to share if you wish.

All materials are provided, through the generosity of the
Rye Friends of the Library.

Sincerely,
Merren Garland
Drawing Together  facilitator