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Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
The pencil
Pencils are made from Graphite. Graphite is a
mineral which is mined from the ground. The
graphite is then mixed with a binding material,
usually clay. This graphite/clay mixture is known
as the core of the pencil.
You can, however, buy something called a Solid
Graphite Pencil. These don't have a wooden
casing, and no clay binding. They are used by
artists to achieve more control over things like
shading larger areas. Other types of pencil you
can buy are: Charcoal, Carbon, Grease,
Watercolour and, of course, coloured pencils.
The pencil
Standard pencils come in different strengths
of graphite. They range from Hard to
Black. The most common pencil is a HB
pencil.
The image above only shows a small range of pencil
types. You can actually buy them from 9H to 9B.
The pencil
TASK: Experiment with various pencil
types to create different tones.
TIP: Always keep your pencil sharp.
The pencil grip
The images show
you two ways to hold
your pencil, the
Detail Grip and the
Shading Grip.
Practice holding the
pencil in both ways
till you feel
comfortable
The pencil grip
The Detail Grip is great
for drawing lines with
the point of the pencil.
The Shading grip allows
you to use the side of
the pencil point. Practice
shading with the side of
the pencil. Aim for some
thing like the shading on
the left, in the image on
the right:
Three Golden rules
Drawing Rule 1: Don’t press too hard!
Task: Write your name pressing as hard as you can:
Now try to rub this out. Can you? Repeat this exercise pressing lightly. Do you
notice the difference?
Just by drawing lightly your drawings will improve enormously.
When learning to draw you WILL make mistakes. Mistakes are an important part of
the learning process. You have to learn to not be afraid of making mistakes.
Three Golden rules
Drawing Rule 2: keep a sharp pencil
One of the most common
drawing mistakes is trying
to draw with a blunt pencil.
Therefore, make the pencil
sharpner your friend:
Three Golden rules
Drawing Rule 3: Sketch lightly,
smoothly and quickly
Sketching confuses your brain! Your brain is brilliant at
spotting every tiny mistake. It sees every flaw in the left circle
but thinks the right circle is more accurate, even though it is
made up of lots of ‘wrong’ lines. So if we sketch with multiple
light lines our drawings will look better!
Task: Spend 5 minutes or so drawing circles and other shapes by sketching them
smoothly, lightly and quickly.
Three Golden rules
Drawing Rule 3: Sketch lightly, smoothly a
quickly
Task: Place an object in front of you.
Draw it in three minutes. Then draw it in
two minutes. Then draw it in one
minute. Then in 30 seconds! If you
repeat often your skills will improve
quickly.
To sum up, here are my
three golden rules of
drawing:
Drawing Rule 1: Don’t press too harD!
Drawing Rule 2: Keep a sharp pencil
Drawing Rule 3: Sketch lightly,
smoothly & quickly
What Were the Three Golden
Rules of Drawing?
The Drawing Process
Step 1: Looking
LOOK at the object you are drawing.
THINK about what shapes make up
the object.
In the drinks can above, you can see that it's made of circles and a rectangle.
The Drawing Process
Step 2: Measuring stage
MEASURE how big to draw the
shapes, do not use a ruler.
SKETCH lightly, do not press hard.
EVALUATE Is it correct? Make
changes if you need
to.
The Drawing Process
Step 3: Building stage
ADD DETAILS Improve the drawing,
looking at the shapes inside the
shapes
BUILD the drawing, measuring and
sketching lightly
EVALUATE Is it correct? Will I need
to alter
anything?
The Drawing Process
Step 4: Finishing Stage
DETAIL Look for the fine details now
and add as much as you can see.
FINISH Are you going to paint your
design? Or shade it with pencil?
Perhaps you want to experiment with
art materials, collage,
etc
Drawing from Simple Shapes
Everything in our world is made from simple basic shapes.
These are the building blocks of our world. When we draw,
we have to look for the shapes contained within.
Still Life: Drawing from
simple shapes
In the image below, you can see that the
shapes used for the drawing are various
forms of circles and rectangles:
Still Life: Drawing from
simple shapes
Look at a still life object and study it. Try to work out what shapes you will need
to draw it.
Can you work out which shapes make up these objects? Sketch just the
shapes.
Still Life: Drawing from
observation using simple
shapes
Select about six objects and
study them to work out
what basic shapes they are
made from. Then sketch
the basic shapes lightly to
draw the object. Fit six
objects to one A3
sketchbook page.
Still Life: Drawing from
observation using simple
shapes
Choose several objects to
draw in more detail.
Arrange them in an
interesting way on a table
or surface in front of you.
Sketch the basic shapes,
then press harder to build
the detail of the object into
a more complex drawing.
Add tone and shading
Still Life: Drawing from
observation using simple
shapes
Choose ONE object to draw in more detail.
Sketch the basic shapes, then press
harder to build the detail of the object into
a more complex drawing
Geometric Shapes
The objective of this lesson is to understand
how flowers grow in simple geometric
shapes, to be able to identify these shapes
and their properties so that we might be
able to improve our drawing skills.
Geometric Shapes
Flowers grow using geometric shapes. Can
you see the 2D shapes contained with this
flower?
Place a piece of tracing paper over your chosen flower photograph.
Then draw points at the tip of each petal. Join them up to find a shape.
Geometric Shapes
So the flower is made up from a pentagon.
But can you find even more shapes contained with this flower?
Geometric Shapes
But if we study the flower even further there are more shapes hidden!
Can you guess what they are?
Geometric Shapes
Knowing
how to find
these
shapes can
help us to
draw better
Task: Now use these geometric
shapes to draw the flower.
Shading A Ball Exercise
When light shines on an object it creates
Highlights, Tones and Shadows.
Shading A Ball Exercise
The first thing to do is to apply a light, soft tone all over the ball. Make sure
you are neat at the edges. Leave a white blank area for the highlight.
Your drawing should look something like source below (you don't need
to draw the light source):
Shading A Ball Exercise
Next, add darker tones around the left side of the ball (In a
moon shape), blending them with the lighter tones:
Shading A Ball Exercise
Once you're happy with your shading, add an even darker
layer of tone at the very edge of the left side edge of the
ball, blending it to your earlier tones to look natural:
Shading A Ball Exercise
The final step is to apply a really dark shadow underneath the ball. It
should be darkest where it is close to the ball, and fade out as it gets
further away. Your final drawing should look like this:
Shading A Ball Exercise
Task: Now use this same technique to draw
another object from observation.
A good example would be a bottle, vase, jar
or fruit.
Reference Points
A reference point is a key part of a drawing that helps you to measure points
and angles. Artists pick out reference points to help them to see where
things begin and end. Artists will identify the key areas where
measurements can be taken from.
Task: Set up a simple still life group on a table and look at it.
Try to identify where the reference points might be.
Use these reference points to help you do a quick sketch.
TEXTURE
Each of these drawings shows artistic interpretation of everyday items using
LINE and TONE.
What is TEXTURE?
Each of these drawings shows artistic
interpretation of everyday items using LINE
and TONE.
Here are some DRAWING TECHNIQUES for you to try:
Crosshatching
Scumbling
Stippling
Hatching
Contour-hatching
Random
Hatching
Dark Tones Background
Why do we
use a dark
background
like this?
To make our object stand out!
To make it seem import!
To make it PRECIOUS!
Rembrant Shoes
Memory Test
Study an object for 5 minutes and commit it to
memory. Trace the object with your fingers, feel
the textures, study the proportions and sizes,
look at the details.
Take the object away from view then draw the
object again, from memory. NO PEEPING!
Many famous artists drew in this way. It helps you
to make more creative, expressive drawings, not
just copying. You should draw like this regularly.
Blind Drawing
By placing a piece of paper over
your hand, you will stop
looking at the drawing and look
at the object.
The purpose of this exercise is to
shut off the left brain that has a
negative impact on our
drawing. You will draw much
more freely and naturally.
“I do not have a good handeye coordination - when I
am not allowed to look at
my drawing, it simply
becomes a mess. The
purpose of this exercise
was to focus on the motive
and don't bother about the
drawing“
Blind Drawing
Continuous
Line
Draw a
scene/object/animal
/person with out
lifting your
pen/pencil from the
paper.
Negative
Space
Negative Space in Action
Do you see a Vase or two faces?
Negative Space
Only fill the space around the object/s
Negative Space
drawing.
Ink and charcoal
Your final Piece
Look back through all your observational
research and drawing experimentation for
this project.
Choose a drawing technique and arrange a
composition of objects.
Complete a series of observational
drawings and choose one to submit as
your final piece.