Teach Yourself Visually Drawing

The Gallery: Line Drawings (continued) A wiggly, almost trembling line was used throughout this still life drawing, which animat ...

Discover the Potential of Line chapter 8 Resting Figure,by J. S. Robinson In this sensitively drawn back pose, the artist used v ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms When rendering complex forms, such as the palm fronds in Chapter 8, it is helpful to simplify ...

Interpret Form Through Planes........................... 148 Cross-Sections of Form.................................. 150 The Pl ...

Interpret Form Through Planes The subjects that we have been rendering so far have included objects that for the most part can b ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 In this example, the form of the seashell is more complex than the pot. With careful ...

Cross-Sections of Form. Another method to analyze the planes of a complex form is to imagine a vertical cross-section of the for ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 In this diagram, the entire deer skull is drawn with a series of cross-sections from ...

The Planes of the Hand. Up to this point, you have learned how to accurately draw different types of forms. To draw a human hand ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 After you establish the foundation of large planes, it is much easier to render the ...

Choose Your Subject and Prepare Your Materials. In this demonstration on the planes of a subject, a palm and a deer skull have b ...

chapter 9 Let the Light Reveal the Planes Planar Rendering of Complex Forms Before you begin to draw, shine your light source on ...

Drawing Demonstration: A Palm and a Deer Skull. Using the image on page 154, the artist began this drawing on a new, un-toned pi ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 Stage 2 At this stage, the artist continued to draw the different objects, while str ...

Drawing Demonstration: A Palm and a Deer Skull (continued) In this slightly cropped version of the drawing, you can see that the ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 In this stage, the artist continued to elaborate the form of the objects by searchin ...

Drawing Demonstration: A Palm and a Deer Skull (continued) More planes in the skull have been defined and the contrast from one ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 The planes of the skull and one of the fronds have been fully defined and shaded in ...

Drawing Demonstration: A Palm and a Deer Skull (continued) All of the planes throughout the still life have been defined and sha ...

Planar Rendering of Complex Forms chapter 9 This is the finished drawing. The contrast between the tones hasn’t been altered, bu ...