Drawings!
I did a few drawing in the Applied learning week. I covered a few drawings method, including detailed drawing, quick sketch and acrylic drawing. Let's have a look!
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A masking tape.
Items Used: HB pencil, 2B pencil, Eraser, Cutton buds.
Step 1
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A quick contour drawing at first, shadow areas were also marked.
Step 2
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Draw more precise with the contour, erase the supportive lines. I should be light with the supportive lines or use more light pencil like HB or 2H, it might be a trouble when I try to erase them.
Step 3
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Shading with 2B pencil.
Step 4
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Smudge by using a cotton bud. I found out that napkin could not be precise when it smudges. A cotton bud was better in small areas.
Step 5
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Enhancing some dark areas.
Step 6
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It is the final work. A problem is that I should not be heavy with the supportive lines, it left marks when I tried to erase them. Be careful next time.
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Two bags.
Items Used: HB pencil, 2B pencil, Eraser, Napkin.
Step 1
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Roughly drawing with the contour.
Step 2
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Be more precise with the contour.
Step 3
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Shading the shadow areas.
Step 4
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Smudging with a napkin, it works good with some large area. But it would make the whole drawing grey. I realize I was too heavy with the contour lines when I look back. This bad habit needs to be fixed.
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An adhesive hook.
Items Used: HB pencil, 2B pencil, Eraser, Cotton buds.
Step 1
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Supportive lines were used to find the right proportion.
Step 2
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Be more specific with the contour. Shadow areas were also marked.
Step 3
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Enhancing the contour lines, shading the shadow ares.
Step 4
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Smudging with a cotton bud, I found that I could create a shade by using smudged cotton bud. The shadow it created is light and natural.
Step 5
I should be lighter with the contour lines. I found a problem when I was smudging, the contour line was too heavy and darken the surroundings. It was really hard to clean with an eraser. Heavy contour lines would cause troubles!
I also found that there are so many details on the light of metal hook, which was pretty hard to grab and draw.
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A look from runway.
Items Used: HB pencil.
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I did two 10mins quick sketches, I found that I could create layers if I start with light drawing and heavy with the contour of garments and model. I couldn't get the precise proportion in a short time, I need to practice that ability. Maybe I need to learn the proportion of human body in order to draw better.
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A laptop charger.
Items Used: HB pencil, 2B pencil, 4B pencil, Eraser, Cotton buds.
Step 1
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Roughly draw the contour lines, charger is actually a rectangle.
Step 2
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Lightly Draw the precise lines of the contour and shadow area.
Step 3 - 4
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Shading the background, smudging with a napkin.
Step 5
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Erase the object. In this step, I felt like I was drawing by an eraser.
Step 6
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Create layers by Enhancing the background, the shade on the object should be lighter than the background.
Step 7
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Smudging and erasing the highlight area. Through this drawing, I found that sometimes the eraser could be the actual 'pen'.
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An air pod.
Items Used: HB pencil, 2B pencil, Eraser, Cotton buds.
Step 1
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Roughly draw the contour with supportive lines.
Step 2
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To be more precise with the contour and shading the shadow.
Step 3
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Erase the heavy lines.
Step 4 - 6
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Shading and smudging. HB pencil was used to create light shades.
Step 7 - 8
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Smudging the shades make it looks more natural. I found that the texture of the chair was quite hard to draw, especially the sink dots of the chair. Maybe I need to use the shading / shadow to depict that uneven surface.
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It a picture I took in the Preston Road station. I really like the color tone of this picture. I tried to draw this picture by using acrylic.
Step 1
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I used the blue tone black to draw the shape of the house.
Step 2 - 3
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The sky was mixed with light and dark blue. I found that the transition area of light blue to dark blue is quite hard to draw. There were obvious difference of color if I draw with 2 colors, maybe I need to add more colors in the transition part to let it looks more natural.
Step 4 - 5
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The shade of tress should be black with a little bit of blue. I didn’t have the brush that was tiny enough to draw the tree branches, I drew the contour of the tree by using a thick brush, I made a few adjustion after that.
Thank you!
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