Drawing a Shoe

Drawing due to your art teacher on or before Friday, April 24th. What Will You Need?

• What you will need: 1 shoe, a white piece of paper, a pencil, and a computer (or a phone) to view the video and examples. • Find a shoe in your house! This could be your shoe or a family member’s shoe. (The video provided will mention that you need a shoe with laces, but I don’t mind if you choose a shoe without laces, as long as it has a fair amount of other details.) • When choosing your shoe, you want to make sure the shoe has details to draw, so I’ve added some examples here. • Good examples: Sneakers, hiking boots, winter boots, dress shoes. • Bad examples: Flip flops or very basic ballet flats (not enough detail). Your drawing will be a contour line drawing. We start most drawings and paintings with simple contour lines that define the object that we are drawing, and the details contained within that object.

The video on the next page is an example of an artist working in contour line- he defines the edge of his shoe and continues to the details as he works through his drawing. Drawing a Shoe: A Video!

• Click here to watch drawing video • This is a great tutorial on how to draw a shoe from life. It includes great tips that will help you to set up your shoe and get started. Inspecting Your Shoe!

• Look at the shoe from all angles, inspect the shoe with your eyes. • Are there any specific details worth noting? Frayed laces, rips, areas that are worn? When drawing your shoe, try to capture those details. • Break the shoe down in your head into a sole and a structure. How are the two connected? Glue? Stitching? • What texture do you notice when looking at your shoe? Is there a texture in the fabric, the laces, or the plastic sole? Expectations

• Your drawing needs to be just a simple contour line drawing (like the shoe in the video and examples provided in next slides)- no shading or color is expected or necessary for this activity. • If you would like to extend your learning on this activity, try putting a pair of shoes together and drawing them both together at once with one shoe overlapping the other shoe. Examples of Finished Pieces

When you are finished…

• Write your name on your paper close to your shoe, so we know whose it is! • Snap a picture of your drawing (with your name visible) and email it to your art teacher on or before Friday, April 24th. • Check your email on April 24th for your next lesson from your art teacher.