Line quality is about Adjectives!
Lines may become wider or thicker in areas where the object itself is thicker or where there is shadow. They can be broken, short, sharp, wavy or curly!
Using a variety of line quality in your work makes your artwork much more interesting to look at! It can also provide the viewer more information about what they are looking at..
Artist Model Katie Chesson-Wolford
Artist Model Alison Kunath
Using a combination of continuous and blind continuous lines drawings, fill an A4 page with plant drawings from the garden and supplied pot plants. each drawing should be at least palm size and can overlap each other. These drawings will be used for further activities throughout the course, so the more you do the better!!
Use whatever drawing material you have access to, to experiment with making drawing marks. Use the image to the right as inspiration and think about the various lines discussed in the videos and use these in your mark making. Fill a whole page with various marks. [either random or grid like the example]
A5 size
start with a light pencil drawing continuous line of plants/flowers.
Use watercolour to add some colour wash into the work [refer to Abby Diamonds use of colour]
use ink and skewer to refine lines and details to make your drawing look more complete [NO SHADING]. you may like to strengthen some areas of colour as well.
click on resource images below for larger versions
using some of your botanical continuous line drawings, redraw some of them and fill in the shapes with various Marks and patterns like the examples provided. Refer to teh above patterns sheets for ideas on textures/patters/marks you could use
Grab a dice and roll it 5 times [note down your numbers rolled.
Look at the image below and copy the lines for each roll [fill an A4 page].
Now That you have your design, you will fill in 3 areas with pattern , 3 areas with texture, leave 3 areas white and fill the remaining areas with colour.
Use your dice to randomly select your patterns and texture you eil use in each section [CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER PICTURES]