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Basic Drawing Skills
Basic Drawing Skills
Edges
Space/Form
Light and Shadow
Proximity/Relation or Composition
(A few) Types of Drawing
(A few) Types of Drawing
- Gesture
- Quick, sketchy, not a lot of detail
- Contour
- The edge of something
- Can describe texture or pattern but with only lines, no shading
Blind Contour
Continuous line drawing
- Cross-hatching or Cross-contour
- Stippling
- Blending/ Shading
Blind Contour
Blind Contour
No looking, one line only (don't pick up your pencil)
Cross Contour
Cross Contour
Lines that go across the object to show how it is 3D using only lines, no shading
Continuous Line Drawing
Continuous Line Drawing
Don't pick up your pencil
Continuous line drawing by Jake Weidmann
Continuous line drawing by Jake Weidmann
https://youtu.be/UXYAcjjNgQI
Realistic Drawing
Realistic Drawing
https://steemit.com/art/@vaansteam/realism-art-how-to-draw-a-3d-object
Step 1:
Step 1:
Outline/contour drawing
Outline/contour drawing
Work on proportions!
Outline shape of shadows and highlights too!
Shadows and Highlights
Shadows and Highlights
Start with the darkest shadows.
Build up shadows and middle grey tones.
Add white highlights by erasing or adding white pencil.
(Make sure to have black blacks and white whites and every tone in between!)
Visit here to learn about how to add shadows and highlights: https://thevirtualinstructor.com/shading-techniques-basics.html
Chuck Close (Photorealism)
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