Observing light and shadow

Here is my attempt for this exercise: Apple and vase (2B and 6B, desk lamp light source I found this quite challenging. As the exercise notes suggested, light bounces off each objects onto the other. The shape of the vase means that the lower half is more in shadow than the top half. Irregularities in … Continue reading Observing light and shadow →

Exercise – Circle to ball, shape to form

I completed the following drawings for this exercise: Left: smooth grading of tone just varying pressure (2B pencil)Right: rough hatching (6B pencil) Left: stippling (6B pencil)Right: more regular hatching (2B pencil) The first two examples were reasonably successful. The rough use of hatching in the second sphere worked okay I think because I was fairly … Continue reading Exercise – Circle to ball, shape to form →

Exercise – Gradation of tone using repeated marks

First three A4 sheets Here are the first three A4 sheets of marks for this exercise: First three A4 sheets with gradations of tone Contrasting these marks The marks in all three are not consistent in terms of length and thickness. The pencil got blunter as a progressed causing a thicker line. I also didn’t … Continue reading Exercise – Gradation of tone using repeated marks →

Figure sketch with foreshortening

I have attempted to get across foreshortening in the following sketch. I measured the proportions with my pencil. Good fun actually. Tried to use the pencil lines when shading to build up the shape of the form in the way I had attempted to do that in the earlier sketch of rocks in Norway (see … Continue reading Figure sketch with foreshortening →

Artists’ sketchbooks

The following are a mishmash of different artists drawings from their sketchbooks. At the moment I am scrabbling about to find examples because I am limited to the public library here and then the little one at my university when I am back at work on Monday. Joan Miró Preliminary sketches for Vegetable garden with … Continue reading Artists’ sketchbooks →

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Kitchen corner again

Came back to drawing a corner of the kitchen again as wasn't satisfied with what I had done before - again I had to make several attempts to get the relationship between different objects right. Here are some preliminary sketches I did followed by the final piece. Preliminary sketch 1 (4B pencil) Preliminary sketch 2 … Continue reading Kitchen corner again →

Kitchen corners

For the last couple of days I have been doing some pencil sketches of kitchen corners - none that great - most have quite a lot going on in them - lots of separate elements which I found difficult to relate to one another. I used a cardboard frame to help narrow the focus. Here … Continue reading Kitchen corners →

Two baskets, pen and ink

So, today I drew the two baskets in the corner of our living room, filled with foam rollers for doing yoga and exercises. I did an initial pen sketch to get the the forms and proportions roughly right and then redrew more carefully and then applied the Indian ink with a brush for shading. The … Continue reading Two baskets, pen and ink →

Contour drawing and pen and ink again

So, I tried doing some (semi-) contour drawing of the same corner several times - here is the final attempt: Contour drawing of windowsill corner I then copied this line drawing onto a thick piece of water colour paper and then looking at the original scene in reality added shading applying Indian ink with a … Continue reading Contour drawing and pen and ink again →