The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

18 Part One – THE PENCIL MARK-MAKING WITH GRAPHITE Making zigzag markings. Using a twisting movement with the graphite on its si ...

ERASERS Usually our first encounter with an eraser is when we use it to remove a mistake. Our sole aim with it is to obliterate ...

particular marks which are determined by its shape. · India rubber. Used for removing light pencil marks. · Ink rubber. Ink mark ...

Materials and examples of marks 21 A SELECTION OF ERASERS Pumice stone is useful for removing very stubborn marks, but it can da ...

22 PRELIMINARY DRAWING Breaking Down Preconceptions Before we go on to discuss techniques in relation to drawing media, I want y ...

23 Ways of holding the pencil Traditional method. With your fingertips. Like a dagger. In your teeth. Between the toes.. ...

THE PENCIL AS A MEASURING DEVICE We can analyse our observations in a number of ways to enable us to make a visual record of wha ...

Ways of holding the pencil 25 the figure, using the head proportion as your gauge. It is important to remember always to measure ...

POSTURE Posture runs hand in hand with proportion. Posture is the way we hold ourselves and has a direct relationship to the cha ...

Posture/Assessing angles 27 Using the pencil as a tool to assess the angles in a composition. ...

THE WINDOW MOUNT OR VIEWFINDER Using a window mount is a marvellous way of composing your picture and getting the objects in the ...

Vectors of analysis/The window mount 29 on your paper. Put the window up to the world and choose your composition. Now you will ...

Project One DOODLES – FIRST THOUGHTS AND IDEAS DOODLES Doodles should not be thought of as drawings without meaning or drawings ...

31 Pencil projects Doodles and first thoughts ...

32 Part One – THE PENCIL uninteresting to the viewer. What we intend to do with shape in these projects is to give you basic exp ...

Pencil projects 33 This very simple composition is made out of a shape that repeats itself, and yet it is imbued with a sense of ...

34 Part One – THE PENCIL EXERCISES WITH HARD PENCILS In this section, we are going to introduce you to a series of projects and ...

Pencil projects 35 similar and lie within a close range. The fineness and hardness of the line suits precision drawing, such as ...

36 Part One – THE PENCIL SHAPES AND FORM In this next section we are going to look at shape and turning shape into form. The def ...

Pencil projects 37 Spheres Cross-sectional analysis. Square. Cube: parallel lines. Form of oblong: parallel and perspective line ...