Realistic Drawing
General
Describe tools and Drawing Surfaces
Table of Contents
Table of Contents (cont)
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Introduction
Lesson 1. Describe tools and Drawing
Surfaces
Figure 1-1. Graphite pencil sizes and grades
Figure 1-2. Sharpening and holding a
carpenter's pencil and a sample of a special effects application
Figure 1-3. Example of pencil artwork
Figure 1-4. Pens
Figure 1-5A. Examples of pen and ink artwork
Figure 1-5B. Example of pen and ink artwork
Figure 1-6. Parts and types of brushes
Figure 1-7. Shading sheets
Figure 1-8. Erasers
Identify and Describe Various Drawing
Surfaces, their Composition, and Measurement Designators
Identify and Describe Various Drawing
Surfaces, their Composition, and Measurement Designators (Cont)
Fig 1-10. 4B (soft) pencil on watercolor
paper (Notice the effect of the paper's texture)
Practice Exercise
Practice Exercise (Cont)
Practice Exercise (Cont)
Lesson 2. Principles of realistic drawing
Figure 2-1. Example of a realistic pencil
drawing
Figure 2-2. Examples of symbols
The second principle of drawing is a
systematic approach to drawing
Figure 2-3. Examples of the basic forms
Figure 2-4. Examples of incomplete forms
Figure 2-5. Examples of complex forms
Figure 2-7. An example showing depth
Figure 2-8. Perspective nomenclature
Figure 2-9. Changes in shapes due to their
position above or below the horizon line
Figure 2-10A. One-point perspective
Figure 2-10C. Three-point perspective
Figure 2-11. A study of a subject's
structure
Figure 2-12. Example of drawing through
Proportion
Figure 2-13. How the grid works
The rectangle method
Figure 2-14. Using the rectangle method
The plumb method
Figure 2-15. Using the plumb
Learning Event 4. Define Contour
Figure 2-16. Comparison of schematic and
abstract lines in drawings
Contour exercises.
Figure 2-17. Positive/negative space
Figure 2-18. Contour drawings
Learning Event 5: Define Shading
Figure 2-19. Effect of different light on
various forms
Figure 2-20. Value differences
Learning Event 6: Exercise Visual Value
Scale
Practice Exercise
Practice Exercise (Cont)
Practice Exercise (Cont)
Lesson 3. Media and Techniques
Figure 3-1. Tone chart
Figure 3-2A. Examples of dry media
portraiture
Figure 3-2B. Example of screened pencil
illustration to preserve tone
Figure 3-3. Example of watercolor
portraiture
Learning Event 2: Define Techniques
Figure 3-4. Practical application of pencil
texture and tones
Figure 3-5. Mechanically applied single line
technique combined with stipple technique
Figure 3-6. The freehand single line
application of pencil to a rough-textured paper
Figure 3-7. The form-following approach
Figure 3-8. Series of short, single line
applications
Figure 3-9. The crosshatch shading technique
Figure 3-10. The stipple shading technique
Tone media techniques.
Figure 3-11. Dry media techniques
Opaque media techniques
Figure 3-12. Wet brush blending
Figure 3-13. Dry brush blending
Practice Exercise
Practice Exercise (cont)
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Answers to Practice Exercise
Answers to Practice Exercise (Cont)
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Appendix
Drawing 1
1-inch grid (xerox on clear acetate)
1/2-inch grid (xerox on clear acetate)
Drawing 2
Drawing 3
Blocks for visual value scale
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