Building a Spiral of Attention

Do you struggle starting a sketch or get lost in the details? This workshop will help you defeat the blank page, and start and finish every drawing — no matter how complicated the scene. We achieve this by constructing a spiral of attention on the page, working outwardly from the highest point of interest to elements of decreasing importance. The more curious we are about something, the more attention we give it; the less curious, the fewer details we include. The second half of this workshop discusses layering as a technique to emphasize your chosen subjects while de-emphasizing less important elements. By simplifying scenes into areas of varying interest, we free ourselves to follow our curiosity and communicate effectively with viewers of our art.