Note: this information can be applicable to outside drawing assignment and other observational drawing assignments and activities in course.
Monday, September 12, 2022
Where to Begin in the Drawing of a still life:
Ideally start with a negative space and/or positive shape that are medium in size, simple in shape (box like or rectangular in shape if possible) and located centrally in the drawing. Ideally this shape should be large and if possible located centrally in your viewpoint of the subject matter/environment. As well, ideally this shape should be located in the middle ground to foreground area. It is unlikely that the first shape can meet all these conditions but try to have as many of those conditions as possible to start that first shape.
Tentatively describe this first shape with restated lines. In the first layer of the drawing use your pencil (and/or by eye) to measure the proportions of basic shapes. Compare the height and width of the initial shape. Typically the first tentatively drawn shape will be the foundation to the drawing, because that first shape will be used to compare proportions of other shapes. At the beginning stages of the drawing compare shapes that are directly beside each other, so that the drawing is progressively building around and out from that first initial shape. Do not obsess on the first shape, once the entire drawing surface has been lightly and tentatively mapped out, then fine tune the initial shape.
Horizontal and Vertical Alignments:
In addition to measuring and comparing proportions to maximize accurate proportions also consider horizontal and vertical alignments of shapes, and the alignments of where beginning points and end points of straight lines are located. These alignments will be very helpful for determining angles, proportion and space issues.
Later Stages of the Drawing:
The strategic placement of detail and the selected areas that de-emphasize detail, will aid in the presentation of space and the over all success of each drawing. Once all of the basic shapes are lightly drawn (considered with some measuring) and you have all of your subject matter covering your paper, slowly observe and depict the subtleties in the shapes with a restated line. It is at this point that you may begin to clarify your shapes by emphasizing a single line over restated lines that describe basic shapes. You may also decide where the darkest line should be placed and progressively allow for lines to become lighter as shapes progress back into the space.
Also when using a single line that depicts all the subtleties of that shape, one should be looking at the the subject matter as much as the paper. There should be a constant back and forth viewing of subject matter and drawing paper. Maintain a single viewpoint by keeping your head in the same position as much as you can. Finally at the later stages of the drawing, consider using a variety of line such as light and dark line, thin, thick, long fluid line, short, curved and organic, rigid and straight, open and closed line. In a single stroke of a line consider quick and slow applications of the pencil onto the paper with varying levels of pressure on the pencil.
Posted by Derek Brueckner at 5:58 PM
Kumbuka: habari hii inaweza kutumika kwa nje ya kazi ya kuchora na kazi nyingine ya kuchora uchunguzi na shughuli katika kozi. "Kwanza, ""Kwanza na nafasi hasi na au umbo chanya ambalo ni la ukubwa wa kati, rahisi kwa umbo (kama sanduku au umbo la mstatili ikiwa inawezekana) na iko katikati ya mchoro.""" Kwa kweli, umbo hili linapaswa kuwa kubwa na ikiwa inawezekana, iko katikati ya mtazamo wako wa mada au mazingira. Pia, bora sura hii inapaswa kuwa iko katika katikati ya ardhi kwa eneo foreground. Ni vigumu kwamba umbo la kwanza linaweza kukidhi masharti haya yote, lakini jaribu kuwa na masharti mengi ya hali hizo iwezekanavyo kuanza umbo hilo la kwanza. Kwa makusudi kuelezea sura hii ya kwanza na mistari restated. Katika safu ya kwanza ya mchoro kutumia kalamu yako (na / au kwa jicho) kupima uwiano wa maumbo ya msingi. Linganisha urefu na upana wa umbo la awali. Kwa kawaida, umbo la kwanza la awali litakuwa msingi wa mchoro, kwa sababu umbo hilo la kwanza litatumiwa kulinganisha uwiano wa umbo jingine. Katika hatua za mwanzo za kuchora, linganisha maumbo yaliyo karibu moja kwa moja, ili kuchora kwa hatua kwa hatua kuunda karibu na nje ya umbo la kwanza la awali. Usikate tamaa juu ya umbo la kwanza, mara moja uso mzima wa kuchora umepangwa kwa urahisi na kwa muda, kisha fanya sura ya awali. Kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano, kwa mfano. Mipangilio hii itakuwa na msaada sana kwa ajili ya kuamua pembe, uwiano na masuala ya nafasi. Hatua za baadaye za kuchora: Kuweka kwa kimkakati kwa maelezo na maeneo yaliyochaguliwa ambayo yanapunguza maelezo, itasaidia katika uwasilishaji wa nafasi na mafanikio yote ya kila mchoro. Mara tu umevutia maumbo yote ya msingi (kuzingatia na baadhi ya vipimo) na una mada yako yote inayofunika karatasi yako, polepole angalia na kuelezea subtleties katika maumbo na mstari uliorudishwa. Ni katika hatua hii kwamba unaweza kuanza kufafanua maumbo yako kwa kusisitiza mstari mmoja juu ya mistari rephrased kwamba kuelezea maumbo ya msingi. Unaweza pia kuamua ambapo mstari giza zaidi inapaswa kuwekwa na hatua kwa hatua kuruhusu mistari kuwa mwanga kama maumbo maendeleo nyuma katika nafasi. Pia, wakati wa kutumia mstari mmoja unaoonyesha mambo yote madogo madogo ya umbo hilo, mtu anapaswa kuangalia mada hiyo kama vile karatasi. Lazima kuwe na kutazama-tazama daima habari na karatasi ya kuchora. Weka mtazamo mmoja kwa kuweka kichwa chako katika nafasi ileile kadiri uwezavyo. Mwishowe, katika hatua za baadaye za kuchora, fikiria kutumia mistari mbalimbali kama vile mwanga na giza, nyembamba, nene, mtiririko mrefu, mfupi, curved na kikaboni, rigid na moja kwa moja, wazi na kufungwa. Kwa mfano, kwa mstari mmoja, fanya maombi ya haraka na ya polepole ya kalamu kwenye karatasi na viwango tofauti vya shinikizo kwenye kalamu. Imeandikwa na Derek Bruckner saa 5:58 PM