Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

Lighting (continued) LIGHTING AN EASEL Not only do you have to consider the light on the object you are about to draw, you must ...

In the Studio chapter 3 Ample Space. As you draw, you can become very involved in minute and unimportant details, particularly i ...

Types of Easels An easel can make your life a lot easier. It is important to have a good support for your work. A table, while p ...

In the Studio chapter 3 METAL AND WOODEN EASELS Metal and wooden easels are the cheapest easels to buy. Both have exactly the sa ...

Mirror Use. This is a complicated drawing. Looking at the drawing through a mirror can offer the artist a fresh look at the work ...

In the Studio chapter 3 Where to Buy As a beginner, you will want to keep things simple. Don’t buy a lot of different drawing ma ...

Prepare to Draw In this chapter, you will be introduced to methods that help you to simplify the process of drawing. You will le ...

Arrange and Light Your Subject............................ 32 Tone Your Paper........................................ 36 Make Yo ...

Arrange and Light Your Subject. ESTABLISH YOUR EYE LEVEL Look at the above arrangement. From what angle are you looking at these ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 This is a sketch of the objects as they appear in the image (a) at the bottom of the previous page. Th ...

Arrange and Light Your Subject (continued) Eye-Level Answers Here the viewer is looking down into the jar; conse- quently, your ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 LIGHT YOUR SUBJECT Lighting is an important factor in drawing. Obviously, it is only with light that y ...

Use your paper towel to smooth the graphite over the paper. If you are using powdered graphite, smooth it in very lightly. Make ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 Here is the finished result. The tone has to be workable and not so dense (heavily rubbed in or dark) ...

Make Your Marks. A drawing holds the viewer’s interest because of the marks that were used in its creation. As you gain more exp ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 This drawing is a spontaneous response to a figure in motion. The weight of the body is carried by the ...

Examples of Graphite Marks. Smooth sketching paper and a 4B pencil Smooth sketching paper and a 4B pencil Smooth sketching paper ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 Smooth sketching paper and a 2H pencil Smooth sketching paper and an H pencil Smooth sketching paper a ...

Examples of Graphite Marks (continued) All of the marks made with a 4B pencil are used in this drawing. The softness of the penc ...

Prepare to Draw chapter 4 All the marks made with a 2H and H pencil can be found in this drawing. The details of the face have b ...