![]() ![]() Line, shape, color, space, composition, perspective, proportion, scale…who knew learning about these could be so fun! Learning by doing, making art in community, and having a blast at The Big Draw LA, at The Fairview Branch Library ![]() The community room is now alive with the work of the community. What a happy face!Īs patrons came into the community room, they were invited to outline their hand along the edges of the fourth piece of paper, then design, develop and decorate it, adding their name if they wanted to. parents and children worked together to make the dress as green as the one she was wearing. Two young artists with a love of green created the border around the edge of this drawing, then Ellie was outlined inside. Are his hands purple, or is he wearing purple gloves? It took the devoted efforts of several drawers coloring to make this piece complete. Rowan volunteered to be outlined on another sheet, Slowly the land and sky developed into a wonder world. The composition grew from there, as each participating artist added their “thing”. ![]() An enterprising eleven-year-old started this piece off by drawing in the horizon line, and adding a few mountains rising up above it, to show distance. The result was magnificent…the result of many artistic voices. The Library staff set up four large rectangular pieces of white paper on tables, for participants to work on together and create “Big Drawings” that would be hung on panels around the community room, and serve as decor, color, inspiration and fun!Ĭhildren from the ages of two to twelve showed up with parents, and jumped into the activity with gusto! Moms and Dads followed suite….Īrtist moms got the opportunity to play with color, shape, line and pattern…Īnd some young artist chose to work on their own drawings, separate from the group projects, Last Saturday I had the pleasure of leading a drawing event for The Big Draw LA at the Fairview Branch of the Santa Monica Public Library. ![]()
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