Drawing art work with your eye guiding your hand. Learning how to use contour lines and gesture lines when drawing art work will teach you what is commonly referred to as eye-hand coordination. This means you let your eye guide your hand. It is the key to drawing exciting and expressive line drawings . Let me explain... Suppose you are drawing but you are spending most of your time looking at your drawing paper rather than looking at the object being drawn. What is happening is that you are watching your hand create what you THINK are pleasing lines rather than looking at the object you are drawing. Hand ... the most common problem for beginning artists. You must learn to do just the opposite and let your eye guide your handif you want to draw artistic lines.
As difficult as it may seem at first, force yourself not to look at your drawing paper. To illustrate, here are some nude drawings I did while in University. The lines that come out will inevitably be either contour lines or gesture lines. Return from Drawing Art Work to Home Page. A Charcoal Lesson. Here's a charcoal lesson for you to study. It will show you how I achieve realism and drama in my figure drawings. This is all done with charcoal. This is a charcoal drawing of the late, great blues and jazz singer, Alberta Hunter. She sang into her late eighties in New York. In this portrait, I am striving for a feeling of serenity.
I worked from a photo to draw the face but I completely changed the lighting. Charcoal Lesson - The drawing process: First I establish my initial drawing and layout in pencil. I elaborate on my initial drawing. . #1: Notice that her hairline disappears because there is no sharp delineation between forehead and hair. . #2: Note that the top section of the microphone is only suggested. . #3: Notice the highlights on the hair contrasts nicely against the dark area #4: I indicate those areas of her ear which catch the light, and in doing so, I give definition to her ear. #5: Highlighted area indicates her earring catching the light. Further discussion of the portrait: Free art lessons online instruction - learn how to draw, sketch paint. Charcoal Drawing Techniques. Let me demonstrate some of my charcoal drawing techniques. My goal here was to see how far I could push my charcoal drawing techniques to make the textures look real . . . the skin, the handkerchief,the metal trumpet , the shirt , and the hair.
Some people have a difficult time drawing from life because they find it hard to translate the three dimensions in real life onto a two-dimensional drawing surface. Others can easily translate what they see whether they are creating charcoal drawings from a photograph or drawing from a live model. In either case, you must observe very carefully, and then translate those observations expressively onto the surface of your charcoal drawings. Before applying any charcoal drawing techniques, you should make preliminary drawing pencil sketches. This one was drawn in ink (which is unforgiving since you can’t erase!) Some of the lines, particularly those in the hand, were done quickly in order to get the feeling of movement. Then the real work began. #5. . #6. Gesture Drawing Captures Movement. All gesture drawing is done quickly. You have to feel the action of your model. You’re letting the pencil roam freely and quickly in order to capture the model’s movement.
The important thing here is not what the final drawing looks like, but that the line is moving in the same way that the model is moving. The drawing may be meaningless to someone else but it’s important to you because at that moment you’re capturing the feeling of the figure's movement. Do not look at the paper…keep your eye on the model as he or she moves….. Use cheap paper (like newsprint) because you’ll go through a lot of it. Most of the gesture drawings that you will see on this site were done years ago when I was in University. Human Figure Drawing In the above examples, our model changed positions every minute. In the above example, the model kept moving. If you're lucky enough to be enrolled in an art class you will have access to models.
Pen and Ink Sketches This drawing was done in ink. Graphite Pencil Drawing Tutorial: Female Eye by Faith Te. About Faith Graphite Pencil, Charcoal Pencil and Pastels Artist Hello! My name is Faith Te. When I was 16, a great desire to capture nature and the people around me started my passion for drawing. I began to look at drawing not just as a hobby but something which I wanted to do all my life. I practiced every day and for many hours since. I taught myself to draw by experimenting with different techniques and materials and through helpful tips and advice from other artists. Initially, charcoal and graphite pencils were the only mediums I used.
I devote many hours and lots of attention to detail into each and every one of my drawings or paintings. Thank you for your interest in my artwork. Please take a moment to visit Faith’s Website and Blog to learn more about her and her products and services. Her Website: Her Blog: Graphite Pencil Drawing Tutorial: Female Eye by Faith Te (Click Images Below for Larger Views) Step 1:
How to Draw. Learn how to draw people/figures successfully then you will be able to draw almost anything. That is why all the masters studied mainly the human figure over the centuries. Even today, figure drawing classes are mandatory in all art schools and colleges. We have designed these drawing tutorials assuming that you are a beginner, so feel free to skim through if you are more advanced.
Also the tutorials are on the narrow field of representational observational drawing techniques. We have separated the lesson into two different drawing lessons: and . We guarantee that you will become a master draughstsman if you thoroughly study our tutorials. Have you ever seen a kid without any prior training do a great pencil drawing by copying from comic books or photos? Value Sketching Practice A great way to train your eyes to see the accurate shapes and values, is by doing a lot of value sketching practice.
Seeing the forms clearly is very hard. Seeing The Forms All Around read our drawing tips. Draw a Wolf.