How to Celebrate Drawing Day
It’s not rocket science (although a rocket can be your first drawing), all you need is a pencil and paper to get going!
Start Drawing
Don’t fear the blank page, let it fear you! To start off easy, study the things close to you. A table lamp, sofa, a pet or perhaps birds in your garden. Get your wrist flowing and the cognitive part of your brain to link what you see to your physical body.
Let your pencil run wild, don’t worry about making mistakes. Drawing is kind of like writing, as in, sometimes you just need to let the words flow out without stopping to fully flesh-out an idea.
Draw with Feeling
They say, the eyes are a window to the soul. Drawing is the door. A picture speaks a thousand words and drawings will act as a bridge of expression, transporting them to a better place mentally!
Once you feel loosened up with sketching, it might be time to get serious. When you begin to open up your heart and mind you will let out your true energy and nature. What are the emotions you feel the most?
Learn About Famous Drawings
Some of the most vividly haunting paintings ever have been about everyday emotions that we go through. One of the most iconic paintings that illustrate despair, sadness and desperation, is ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch. Sold for an incredible $120 million in New York, 2012, it’s a painting that started off as a very simple sketch.
Draw with Your Children
Sitting down with your children to draw with them, will give them the confidence to let out a side of them they would be embarrassed or shy about, with anyone else.
No matter if your kids are below 10 or in their late teens, ask them to join you in this amazing event. Be prepared to lead by example and make a few laugh-out-loud bad drawings before you really put some effort into your pencil strokes.
Donate Drawing Supplies to Others
Drawing Day is for everyone and nobody should be excluded because they don’t have the equipment. Go onto an art supplies website and buy as much as you can. Make sure to source different varieties of the same type of product for different effects.
Buying sketch pads, drawing pencils, pastel crayons and painting kits for the needy children in your neighborhood may spawn a diamond in the rough. A child’s life may be impacted because of the things you donated to your local community center or school!