Draw to Learn School Spotlight: Natural Bridges High School Sketchers Excel

Spring is in the air! And it's easy to get distracted from doing school work. But one group of dedicated sketchers has turned up the heat and remains focused on improving their skills.

Natural Bridges High School sketchers have been very focused during the past several weeks and have pulled together amazing sketches, from beginner through advanced ability levels. Here are some of the highlights:

 
 

Images shown clockwise, starting upper left: Thairie smears, smudges, and erases his way through a drawing of a plaster cast; Gianna puts a delicate touch to contrasting shadows and highlights while drawing in charcoal from a plaster cast; Gianna's drawing shows how she started with accurate contour lines and proportions before carefully adding lighter and darker tones; The plaster cast drawn by Thairie shows accurate proportions and perspective, bold contours, and tones for shadows, mid-tones, and highlights.

Shown at left is a superb charcoal study of a plaster cast hand. The drawing shows very accurate details and proportions--a full hour of intense concentration! The artist is NB sketcher, Katia. To view more more work by NB sketchers: Click here