I was marveling out loud about how our left and right hands look the same but one works and one doesn’t, when I was gracefully informed by a dancer that one side of our body is best for fine motor skills, and the other is for strength. Could this be true?? I had known that I tend to balance better on one leg than the other, and my right hand is more dexterous, but until then I had always thought of this difference as an imbalance or flaw instead of an ability. I hadn’t ever considered the differences between left and right might be part of the “design” of my body, adding to the variety of our capabilities. Maybe we are like crabs!
It’s the last experimental Saturday in our 30 day creative challenge, and today you’re going to sync those crab hands of yours together, and see what happens.
Crab Hands by strangethingsA
Two-Handed Reflection Drawing
For this, you’ll need a drawing tool (marker, crayon, dark pencil, lipstick…) in each hand, and a single sheet of paper. Tape the corners of the paper to the table so it doesn’t move around while you draw. You can sit or stand.
Choose two symmetrical places on the paper, and place your drawing tools there to begin. Without lifting your drawing tools, move both hands at the same time, in mirror directions. Try not to think. Let the lines surprise you. Fill the page with your lines.
How did that feel?
Post it
Post your work to social media with the tags #30sal & #seattleartistleague. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these tags and add them to your post:
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30SAL Challenge: Two Handed Drawing
We are like crabs
I was marveling out loud about how our left and right hands look the same but one works and one doesn’t, when I was gracefully informed by a dancer that one side of our body is best for fine motor skills, and the other is for strength. Could this be true?? I had known that I tend to balance better on one leg than the other, and my right hand is more dexterous, but until then I had always thought of this difference as an imbalance or flaw instead of an ability. I hadn’t ever considered the differences between left and right might be part of the “design” of my body, adding to the variety of our capabilities. Maybe we are like crabs!
It’s the last experimental Saturday in our 30 day creative challenge, and today you’re going to sync those crab hands of yours together, and see what happens.
Two-Handed Reflection Drawing
For this, you’ll need a drawing tool (marker, crayon, dark pencil, lipstick…) in each hand, and a single sheet of paper. Tape the corners of the paper to the table so it doesn’t move around while you draw. You can sit or stand.
Choose two symmetrical places on the paper, and place your drawing tools there to begin. Without lifting your drawing tools, move both hands at the same time, in mirror directions. Try not to think. Let the lines surprise you. Fill the page with your lines.
How did that feel?
Post it
Post your work to social media with the tags #30sal & #seattleartistleague. To find more followers for your page, you can cut/paste these tags and add them to your post:
#30sal #seattleartistleague #drawingchallenge #drawing #art #illustration #sketch #artchallenge #drawings #artist #draw #artistsoninstagram
#sketchbook #instaart #drawthisinyourstyle #artwork #drawingoftheday #dailydrawing #inkdrawing #drawingsketch #artoftheday #myart
#pencildrawing #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #creativity
#creativechallenge #twohandeddrawing #lefthanded #reflectiondrawing
Padlet
Please post your work to Padlet so that we can admire your work, and award you nifty prizes. I’ll be sending out more favorites this weekend!
PADLET JAN 23-30
https://seattleartistleague.padlet.org/SAL/snvqpkkjjv3dsuo2
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