college+home 4-10/10/2012

Here are a few drawings I have done in class as well as at home during the week of 4-10/10/2012.

10/10/2012

I have chosen the knife block at home as a subject fro my drawing as I thought it will be nice challenge. As my drawing experience is very limited at this point in time, I love taking time and attempting to draw things that I wouldn't have thought I was capable of drawing before. So after we learnt about the different types of shadows in college, I have placed the knife block on my kitchen table, with a window producing a cast shadow on the left hand side of my object and also a neon light above producing a  very slight front cast shadow. I am quite happy with the way the knives came out, considering they had a slight curve in the handle and wasn't too sure initially, how I will be able to draw that. the block can use with a bit more refinement, however.

After drawing the knife block, I had a confidence boost, and attempted another drawing. I have placed a large bread knife with quite a lot of detail on the blade on a chopping board (slightly raised by placing it on some coasters). Light was same as before, from a window on the right hand side, hence the cast shadow on the left hand side, and the neon light above the table, which produces a cast shadow on the right for the handle of the knife. I am really happy with this drawing, as I have managed to reproduce the detail on the knife blade pretty accurately, and the same with the chopping board. The thing that I should have done differently is the core shadow on the bottom side of the chopping board.

4/10/2012

This was a drawing done in class. We had to chose one object from the teacher's box and draw it using tone and shade. I have chose a bunch of artificial Gerberas. I have firstly done the outline in 2B pencil and then started to add shading to the central flower. I am quite happy with the outcome of this drawing. I thin it is a recognisable image, and the central flower, with the added  shading, looks pretty good. I haven't done any cast shadow, though, so that was one thing I did not even take into consideration. This is something I need to pay more attention to in my future drawings.

(time allowed - 40min)

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Warmup exercise - contour drawing - before doing the bunch of gerberas featured above 4/10/12

For this exercise, we had to draw quickly some things that we had already on out desk. So I have drawn my bottle of water, the mouse and the pencil case. I'm quite happy with the proportions of the water bottle and the perspective created by drawing the mouse slightly bigger.

time allowed - 5 min

For the next exercise, we had to chose a basic 3D geometrical shape from a few provided and draw it from different angles, emphasising the core and cast shadows.

  Here are a few attempts:

                                          a)

I have only drawn one cast shadow, even though in class there are a few light sources, so my object had actually 3 cast shadows.

                                      b)

Here, I have attempted drawing all cast shadows as well as the wood texture on the top surface of the object. Not happy with the fact the lines of each side are very visible in a cartoon style.

                                      c)

I have tried turning the object and draw it from a different angle. but again, I don't seem to be able to draw it without the lines being so visible. I managed a bit more wood effect on all sides, but I should try and draw using shading rather that lines.

                                        d)

Yet a different angle of the same object. Same issue again, it looks very cartoony. this is something I need to work on and practice a lot using shading.

The next three images are of  a cylinder, a sphere and a cube and were exercises done in class to highlight the different types of shadows an object can have: highlight, midtone, core shadow and cast shadow. 4/10/12

                            

             

I have enlarged this image as it has everything well nicely described. The light source is very visible. Also, I have emphasised the way the light reflects onto the front vertical side of the cube, producing the midtone and also creating a half tone. The visible side vertical side has got a a very clear core shadow, due to the light source being behind it, and so the cast shadow is very obvious. the top horizontal side has got some of the line disappearing due to the light reflecting off its surface, and the same is valid for the left hand side of the vertical front side of the cube.

Exercise in class - tonal Range 4/10/12. We had to draw 11 square boxes, equal in size and start from the left with no tone at all and build up to the darkest tone being done in the squared numbered 10. There are many ways in which tone can be adjusted. I have chosen cross hatching, so in the square number 2 I have drawn paralel diagonal lines, and I have dine exactly the same in the rest of the boxes (3-10). In the third square, I have drawn diagonal lines in the opposite direction, and carried on in the rest of the boxes as well (4-10). In box 4, I have drawn parallel vertical lines, and the same in boxes 5-10. In box nr5, I have drawn parallel horizontal lines, and so on and so forth, until, in box number 10, I have done the most number of cross hatching, hence giving me the darkest tone.