Hand-Eye Coordination!

	Hello There! Welcome to the first art lesson! This excerise is intended for beginners, but some more expirenced artistsmight find it useful as well
	Ever notice how sometimes you're drawings seem kind of well... skewed? Well this excersise is to help you learn how to fix that problem ^_^
	BUT it will only work if you don't cheat! This excersise isn't one you're going to show off to your friends, so there's no reason you can't follow the rules. If you're not gonna follow them, then don't bother with the excersixe becuase it'll be a waste of time... okay with that said....

You'll need 3 things... a pencil or pen (doesn't matter which becuase you won't need to erase), a piece of plain white paper (you can use printer paper) and an object (I chose to use an ink bottle I had on my desk. You can use anything.. just keep in mind the simpler the object, the HARDER the excersise will be)

Here's what we're gonna do:

Set yourself up on a table where you have some room (it's always easier to work when you're not surrounded by clutter ^_-) with the paper right in front of you.

Set the object about 6 inches to a foot away from the paper

Keep your eyes on the object DON'T LOOK AT YOUR PAPER!



Slowly... follow the shape of the object with your eyes. Imagine you're a little bug crawling around on the surface

Next, you're gonna do the same thing... except this time you're gonna move your pencil with your eyes. In otherwords... you're gonna drawwhere you're eye is following. Don't pick your pencil up off the papar! This technique is called a continuous line.