Upside-Down is Right-Eyes Up

An Exercise in Learning to See

Observational drawing is copying what we can see. Though, as imaginative artists, we want to be able to draw what we can’t see—what we can only imagine—observational drawing fills our toolbox with some important skills.

In this lesson, we will practice using our drawing eyes, the way artists see. Artists think about what they are looking at in a very dif…