LESSON 3
USE PENCIL FOR DIFFERENT EFFECTS
See these effects in the drawing below.
BLEND: Pencil is worked from side to side with even pressure for a smooth effect.
There are many ways to draw the texture of a particular object. Regardless of the types of marks used, a drawing will always be more interesting when a variety of marks is shown. TOUCH OR EXPERIENCE THE OBJECT Seeing and touching are the keys to understanding textures. Something about how a thing feels makes the artist more aware of ways to draw it.
IRREGULAR LINE: Sharp pencil makes an irregular line resembling leaves.
LINE: Here marks are dark and thick, using the side of the pencil.
LOOK FOR SIMPLE SHAPES Draw textures within clearly defined
shapes. Find the simple shapes of any object and draw light outlines, which show the edges. Keep the textured marks contained within those shapes. In this way, you will be able to clearly define where one object stops and another starts.
CROSS HATCH: A series of intersecting lines is used for the clouds.
EXPERIMENT WITH MARKS There are varieties of ways to use the pencil. You can mimic the marks you see others make. You naturally handle a pencil differently than others and can expand on what you see in those marks. Experimenting with
marks will lead to new discoveries in texture.
TO DO: Look for a variety of trees or other plant life. Use the pencil in different ways to make the different textures that you see. Use a variety of marks in your drawing.
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