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AtTheTipOfAPencil
Добавлен 27 мар 2024
AtTheTipOfAPencilDemos is in addition to the At the Tip of a Pencil: Fine Art for Beginners book series. The books use theory and picture demonstrations to explain the why and how of art skills and techniques to beginners, as well as exercises to practice each new skill or technique. The channel provides further demonstration in the form of videos. Each exercise will be posted under the playlist with the same name as the relevant book.
Exercise 17 Simple linear perspective
When we look down a road or train track the perimeters seem to meet at a specific point on the horizon, and trees and telephone poles along the sides seem to become shorter and closer together. The same happens when we look at a house, a tall building, a train, a simple box or even a car where the sides, top and bottom seem to become smaller, distorting the diameters we logically know to be there.
This type of foreshortening is drawn best with the aid of a technique called linear perspective.
Detailed explanations and illustrations regarding linear perspective can be found in At the Tip of a Pencil: Drawing Basics for Beginners.
This type of foreshortening is drawn best with the aid of a technique called linear perspective.
Detailed explanations and illustrations regarding linear perspective can be found in At the Tip of a Pencil: Drawing Basics for Beginners.
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Exercise 14 Different ways of shading
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There are many different ways of shading including layering, hatching, cross-hatching, scumbling, and stippling. This exercise gives you the opportunity to practice some ways of shading. Explanations and illustration of the different ways of shading in At the Tip of a Pencil: Drawing Basics for Beginners.
Exercise 16 Ellipses
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Ellipses are foreshortened circles. Openings of cylindrical objects, such as bottles and teacups, are circles. These circles will flatten more and more as you tilt the object. Ellipses do not have sharp corners because a flattened circle is still a circle. Knowing how to draw ellipses will help you to build the illusion of three-dimensionality into drawings of everything from coffee mugs and te...
Exercise 15 Seeing and drawing foreshortening
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Depending on your vantage point (the point from which you observe something whether it is a landscape, still life, person/s, or single object), things may appear distorted. Drawing the distortions exactly as you see them is necessary to make your drawings look authentic. These distortions are called foreshortening. You will find a description and demonstration of foreshortening in At the Tip of...
Exercise 13 Shade more complicated shapes
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Not all objects artists draw are as simple as the shapes of eggs and fruits. This exercise in At the Tip of a Pencil: Drawing Basics for Beginners is aimed at giving the budding artist some needed extra practice at observing and shading the different values and edges making up a more complicated object and shape.
Exercise 12 Shading edges
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Edges are the areas where shapes and values meet. When drawing realistically, edges are defined with shading instead of solid lines. This video demonstrates exercise 12 in At the Tip of a Pencil: Drawing Basics for Beginners. The three types of edges are explained in the book.
Exercise 11 High and Low Contrast
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Contrast is the difference between dark and light values that make up a drawing. The level of contrast we use to define shapes and volume of objects in a drawing depends on the quality and intensity of the light source, the depth we need to create, and the mood we want the drawing to reflect. In-depth explanation and illustrations on high and low contrast can be found in the book At the Tip of ...
Exercise 10 Value scale
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A value scale is a strip of varying values from white through mid-tones to almost black. Value scales are handy tools to accurately identify the many values that make up a picture. Creating a value scale of your own also gives you some practice in how to use less or more pressure on your pencil to create different values, and how to do this fluently to create values that seamlessly grow lighter...
Exercise 9 Structural sketches
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The structural sketch method is another technique artists use to help us draw realistic proportions, especially when we draw from life and cannot use the grid method. We also use the structural sketch method when we draw from photographic references. When using the structural sketch method, we first study the reference and break it down into the simplest shapes like circles, ovals, squares, rec...
Exercise 8 Drawing on a grid
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The Renaissance painter, Albrecht Dürer who lived between 1471 - 1528, came up with the idea of putting a window between himself and his subject. Vertical and horizontal lines divided the window into equal-sized square blocks which helped him to draw accurate proportions. These days it is much easier to use the grid method because we can use photographs or photographic images as references whic...
Exercise 7 Draw negative spaces
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It is easier to draw the positive spaces if you focus and draw the negative spaces. By focusing on the negative spaces and drawing them instead of the positive spaces, we force our minds to process visual information exactly as we see it at that moment instead of drawing what we logically think we see. Colouring the negative spaces with your darkest pencil will help you to train your brain to s...
Exercise 6 Blind contour drawing
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Blind drawings are the third technique used by artists as a warm-up exercise. It also forces us to observe creatively instead of logically. You can create blind drawings of any object including your non-dominant hand, an eggbeater, a bottle opener, a shoe, or a chair. If you cannot turn away from your drawing or you find it impossible to take a peek at your drawing, make yourself a screen by ma...
Exercise 5 Drawing upside down
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Drawing upside-down is a great warm-up exercise, as well as a great way to force ourselves to focus on the small details in the lines and shapes of the reference and drawing. It helps us to draw realistic pictures. It also helps prevent us from focussing on the end result instead of what is right in front of us at the moment. This demonstration video shows you how to complete Exercise 5 in Draw...
Exercise 4 The illusion of 3D and depth
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Realistic drawing means creating the illusion of three-dimensionality and depth on a flat surface. This exercise is a sneak peek into how line and form are used to create this illusion and also provides you with the opportunity to practice your observational skills.
Exercises 2 & 3 Hourglass faces
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Drawing hourglass faces is a fantastic warm-up exercise we often use to get ourselves in a creative mind space before we start to work on an artwork. It helps us to achieve the deep creative observation we need to draw realistically. Exercises 2 and 3 teach you how to switch to creative thinking and show you how to draw hourglass faces.