Sketchbook #1: Drawing Sound
For your first sketchbook, your assignment is to fill a two-page spread with abstract drawings that depict sound.
Requirements
Suggestions for finding "soundscapes"
Follow the links and look at the artists posted below for inspiration.
Requirements
- You must represent at least four different "soundscapes".
- At least one drawing must include color - you may use paint, marker, colored pencil, pens, crayons, or any other medium.
- It must fill two side-by-side pages of your sketchbook.
- Drawings must be abstract or non-representational. They should not look like any recognizable objects or common symbols (i.e. hearts, clouds, etc)
Suggestions for finding "soundscapes"
- Sit outside and listen to traffic or nature sounds.
- Listen to overlapping voices of people in a group.
- Listen to your favorite song or soundtrack.
- Draw the sound of someone cooking dinner.
- Look for "soundscape" tracks on YouTube and draw what they sound like.
Follow the links and look at the artists posted below for inspiration.