Draw Tulips and a BookThis week we will look into drawings that are contrast rich. To learn how to see tonal values it is best to begin with high contrast images and depicting the darkest and lightest tones first and then add any mid tones last.
This exercise require some pretty dark pencils for the darkest areas and a range of H pencils for all lighter sections. |
Draw Body Proportions
Draw the proportions of the human body for both male and female simplified by using mostly cylindrical shapes.
Notice the length of each human component. Notice that the shoulder of men are usually broader than that of women and the lower hip of women is wider than that of most men. This sketch can all be done with one pencil. |
Draw SweetsToday we draw a some sweets with a cup behind it. Once again begin by drawing the darkest areas first and then add the mid tones.
You can use for the very darkest areas a mid strength short haired brush to soften the effect of the pencil. But do not use it for any areas near sharp lines or edges, only well within a larger area. |
Drawing Horses
This week we will be drawing the horse.
After you have applied a fine outline create line contour variations and do the shading between a mixture of layering and cross hatching with the harder pencils, anything from 2h to 6h. In this drawing you can see the soft layering on the front part of the horse and the legs in the back are only indicatively drawn with simple cross-hatching. |
Drawing a Horse's Head
This side view of a horse's head can be drawn both with normal graphite or pure graphite pencils.
Use a 2h for the lighter sections and a 4b for the darker areas. If you use hatching, try to do some warm-up exercises as it is crucial to have the hatching lines nicely and evenly spaced. |
Draw a Galopping Horse
Finally we will be drawing a horse in movement today.
Whenever you are seeing straight lines, watch if they are concave or convex, if you are seeing a curve, look for the straightness within it. Our left side of the brain will overdue a curve by habit, and overlook the curvature with a rather straight line. |
Drawing Flowers
This week we will be drawing different kinds of flowers.
As usual draw a fine outlines without any pressure with a 2h pencil. Then pick out some contour variations on top of those lines with a 4b to bring some drama to drawing. Last you render the soft shading with a 2h pencil. All of this weeks exercises will be done the same way. |
Draw Small Flowers
Today we draw one of my two favourite flowers, the "Maigloeckchen" lily of the valley or the "Kornblume", the korn flower. I see them as humble flowers, one appearing as the first flower in spring, growing even through the snow, and the simple blue korn flower pocking out from among the fields of grain.
Use the technique for this week described as described on first day of this week the 22nd of March. |
Draw a Pot
Today we are going to draw a pot or vase. Use something interesting, for example a dented surface or an interesting ornamental glazing.
Begin as usual with a 2H for outlining your subject and then with various different pencils create the details. If you are drawing the given subject, please note the detail on the right for the little dent in the pot. The curve is not just round but is made of rather straight sections and is within the corners almost squished. |
Draw a Bucket
Draw an old bucket, possibly a metal one. Place the bucket near an old door or fence outside somewhere in your garden.
Try to create an atmospheric perspective by giving the focal point, in this case the bucket tonal dominance, softening all else around it in high key (lighter tonal values). |
Draw a Flower
Choose a flower, be it a simple tulip or a more complicated African Lily and draw it the usual realistic way. Use the harder pencils for softer shadings and darker ones for line contour variations.
This time we will pick a few sections of the drawing and create soft out-lines almost to point of appearing completely blurred. You must keep other sections with sharper edges, as the viewer otherwise will get lost. The virtues always lies between lost and found. |
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