Drawing Generic skill 2
Duration: 12 days [February 17th – March1th2014]
Facilitator: Sonia Jose
Day 1 A page full of circles
A page full of triangles
Circles of different sizes and applying different pressure gave a hold of the pencil in drawing continuous line.
Triangles of different sizes have straight lines which allowed us to
make rigid lines and gave a space to explore the angles.
A page full of circles or triangles of the same size with thick and thin lines separately made me look at different tones of the same pencil. Also a sense of visual application of lines was observed by me very appropriately.
Exploring continuous lines by making dark to light and light to dark single lines by swirling forms and straight lines without lifting the pencil allowed me
to understand pressure of the same medium in one stroke.
My medium to do the above exercises was an HB pencil.
Drawing parallel lines keeping consistency in application and the slightly altering application in terms of consistency, pressure and spacing.
Continuous parallel lines with or without obstacles in pen made my hade more comfortable with drawing lines accurately and increased my concentration also
while drawing lines.
Line drawings of many objects on an imperial sheet gave an initial sense of composition. It even included an observation of objects while drawing them
quickly. Adding different thickness of the pencil gave it a 3D view.
Line drawing of a genre(shoe) in 10 different species and composing them is a visually appealing way was an interesting exercise because it included drawing skills as well as a sense of space to build a composition.
Giving different tones to the same gave it a 3D look. Also allowed me to understand different tones that can be achieved in a single pencil.
Day 2
Img 2.1
Img 2.2
Img 2.3
Tracing and layering The first exercise using tracing paper we had to explore application of line by using different mediums as well as
altering pressure. I added tones to my image although that was not required. But then in the second composition I
could focus on line and making a whole new composition by various experiments of overlapping and layering using
contrasts in line. I experimented with the second composition in 3 stages. Img 2.1 was my first attempt where
by overlapping and layer I took different images and combined them. In img 2.2 I added more imaged to my
first image which did not quite work out. Them finally I used img 2.1 to make my third composition which was img 2.3. It
came out to be a very well balanced composition.
Day 3 Line exercises continued/ looking at shapes and proportions
Quick sketches of human form was an exercise which was new for me as I am not very fond of drawing
human structures. But as I did these quick sketches I was able to capture essence proportions. I could
understand the basic structure of the human form and all the gestures that gives the human body a form.
These sketches were 2 min drawing each and done in 2 ways. Initially the person was standing still and we had to draw them and after that it was more about capturing that one moment of the persons gesture
and putting it down on paper. So we had limited time and so much to remember.
An upside down drawing .
Draw a portrait or a human form from a picture that is turned upside down. It was an interesting experience and gives a beRer sense of line and negative-‐‑positive in an image. It did not come out to be a perfect portrait but it was very much similar to the image.
5 sketches of you hands using your dominant hand
A drawing of your hand using your non-‐‑dominant other hand A blind of your hand by not looking at the paper
A blind drawing of your hand with your other non-‐‑dominant hand
A rendered drawing of your dominant hand.
BeRy Edward’s ‘Drawing from the right side of the
brain’ This was an interesting exercise. I had a lot of fun
drawing with my left hand. It was all about hand eye coordination. In another exercise it was all about
observation with eyes and coordinating your hand likewise with intuition. It was not at all difficult but I way
of observation for me. I think it was more like a eye-hand coordination test for me. It was important to
understand how my left brain is more strong compared to my right side of the brain.
A portrait from life with right hand and one blind drawing of the same.
Objects
Day 4
Perspective is something very important to understand while drawing and because I have never learnt about it this exercise was a good way for me to start with this. I got to know about how people observe from different angles and come up with one point, two point or more perspectives while drawing a
certain space indoor or outdoor.
Tone Grey scale exploration gives a beRer understanding of the tones from a single medium. After doing this exercise I could now device the flexibility of one color tone. It gave me more shades of a single color which I thought couldn’t be there. Applying this table I made objects with as many tones as possible. Earlier I used to use one pencil and complete my drawing. But now when I know how different pencils work I use the darkest 6B to lightest 2H in most my sketches.
Applying grey scale to objects.
Day 5/6 Drawing the human form separately gave a sense of structure, proportions and composition while placing it on a single sheet of paper. The different exercises involved one figure on one page, two figures on one page and three figures on
one page.
Line exercise with flicking the pencil and altering pressure without lifting the palm from the sheet and applying the marks achieved in a creative drawing
Bags and shoes 6 compositional studies
Drawing the same thing from different angles give a basic composition and a sense of placing the objects on paper. And detailed rendering of the bags gave more basic knowledge about tones and lines. Giving the texture of a cloth was a
challenge but it was very much interesting as I used many tones of grey.
Day 7
Studying line and tone in drawing keeping in mind form, proportions, contrasts and composition
Black card drawing
This was one the most interesting work because the whole style was changed. Usually we draw on white in black, but drawing on black card in white was totally different. I think this was because the part that we used to sketch becomes the part we don’t sketch now, we leave it black. More of observations and more of hand-‐‑eye coordination. I could use another darker shade of black but as an image it came out to be a perfect drawing.
Day 8 Textures Tone, lines and textures
together was explored in this exercise. I tried two organic and two inorganic objects. I found organic objects to be easier may be because the texture is more lively and interesting which gives the objects some kind of smoothness and visual appeal.
Day 9
Preparatory drawings
Still life The still life is all about observations and copying down what you see. I did this detailed study of a still-‐‑life with 3 -‐‑4 objects of my choice to bring out my understanding of contrasts in line, tone, texture proportions and composition. I figured out I am good with tone but weak with form and appropriate lines. The composition was also very important. Arranging the still life and composing it on paper was something I learned. And one problem that I largely faced was the movement of objects thrice.
Full Imperial size drawing
Day 10 A half imperial size detailed drawing incorporating tones/textures of a human figure. This was from live and I tried to complete it in 10 min. The proportions were fairly fine. This activity was necessary for me as to understand how to compose a human form on paper and also how tones work when the canvas in enlarged.
100 drawings
The 100 sketches I did were of human body. I am not fond of making them so it became my weak point
and now I wanted them to be perfect. So I chose to make these sketches. I am fine with proportions of
objects but human proportions are not my cup of tea. So I tried to do that and practice the same as much as possible. To me this was a great opportunity. There
are still problem with my form and lines whilst sketching but maybe if I continue doing that I could
improve on that too.
Final Day When the graphite touches the blank sheet of paper there is a thought of something coming up on the canvas. And when it is not the same it probably weakens your aspirations. I love drawing and I am doing that since 2 years now. But this course was very necessary to build up my skills and improve my quality of work. It was of great help as I was drawing on my own but needed a skillful support for my mistakes to come across. And it did. So my lines, form and human proportions is something I need to work upon more than my tones and gradations which are at par fine. This course allowed me to know what I knew but I couldn’t figure out.
The End
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