Line Drawing Techniques

Line Drawing Techniques

In today’s lesson, we continued to further improve our drawing skills, shading to be specific. We had 3 tasks in which needed to be completed in order to finish the works sheet. The first being an activity identifying and creating shading lines. The second being an activity in which we had to shade in the geometry shapes. The third and final activity was a line drawing task which tested our effectiveness of different pressure uses with a pencil.

In the first task, we had to sketch 12 different types of markings in which we could use for our shading practice. We started off simple with simplistic patterns such as hatching and crossing. By using different pressures and by placing the lines closer and further apart, we were able to identify which areas would be darker and which areas would be lighter dependent on which areas were subjected to the light source.

Using what we did in task 1, we proceeded to test shading on geometry shapes. We were presented with a cylinder, a cube, and a cone. We were also given 3 spheres to test on. We were looking at 4 elements when completing each shape. The first being a light source. We had to identify a light source in order for us to decide how the shape could be shaded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second task determines the shading pattern we were going to use and then applying the shading type to the shape. The third element was to visualize a shadow of the shape and by using our shading types we displayed the shadows. The final element was to make the shape stand-out in which we did by using our shading patterns to the backgrounds. We didn’t use all of these elements when it came to shading the spheres but we did use elements 1 and 2. We had to identify a light source and then continue to shade in the sphere around the light source.

The third task was a pressure test activity. It basically taught us how much pressure was needed to be applied depending on the level of shading. For areas which are covered in light then we would use a light pressure to produce faint shading. Mid-tone shading would apply darker shading mainly used in areas that are between the shadow and faint areas. The dark tone effect would be created via a heavy pressure appliance. This technique would be used to reinforce the location of a shadow or areas without any contact with light.