Today is National Odometer Day — who knew there was such a thing? The monthly creative challenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community is “National Days,” so I’m learning what the national days of May are!
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In honor of Odometer Day, I’ve been sketching vehicles from Ed Emberley’s delightful book, Make A World. 🖍
I remember checking Emberley’s books out of the library when I was a kid. They break all kinds of items down into drawing “formulas.” A rectangle, plus two triangles, plus a couple of circles and dots—*boom*! You have a car with a driver and a passenger!
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Emberley made drawing into a fun game, a series of easy steps that anyone can do.
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DRAWING NEVER CHANGED!
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It’s still a series of easy steps that anyone can do! Whether you want to draw to communicate concepts (the kind of drawing I’m excited by these days), or to represent the world in a photorealistic manner to express emotions for a fine art purpose, it’s still a matter of breaking it down into steps.
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All complex challenges in life are the same: break them down into smaller steps and they become a whole lot more manageable.
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