Sketch Book for the Artist

SETTING UP

Follow these steps to draw a three-dimensional violin Choose

a gauge of wire sturdy enough to hold the shape of your finished

drawing, but thin enough to be easily manipulated in your fingers

Here. I used garden wire and cut it carefully with pruners.

1

Decide how big to draw your violin relative

to the gauge of your wire; thin wire will

make a smaller drawing, and thick wire a larger

one. Cut a length, and pinch and bend it to

shape the base of the instrument

2

Repeat this process to make the identical

upper side of the instrument. Join the two

sides together with four short pieces of wire.

These will hold the sides apart and help to keep

the form in shape.

3

If needed, brace the two ends of the violin

with a length of wire along the back. Then

begin to define its uppermost surface with S-

curves and the bridge.

DRAWING

WITH

WIRE

4

Once you have completed the body, begin

to shape the curvature of the fingerboard.

Here, I started with the scroll at the top and

fixed the four component wires with two

drawings of tuning pegs.