2. Topic covered
Value
◦ Pencil control from low value to high value
◦ Relating value to shading
Line and Shape
◦ line control
◦ creating objects with shapes
4. Gripping the pencil
Scribe Grip
The ―scribe’s grip‖ that feels
natural for most people is
surely the worst grip for
drawing: writing and drawing
are fundamentally different
activities.
5. Gripping the pencil
Scribe Grip
Writing is done with
minute motions of the
hand and fingers,
with the elbow fixed
6. Gripping the pencil
Scribe Grip
Drawing is done with
broad movement of
the whole arm, from
hand to shoulder-
blade
7. Gripping the pencil Violin bow grip
Drawing is done with
broad movement of
the whole arm, from
hand to shoulder-
blade
8. Gripping the pencil Violin bow grip
it produces flowing,
economical sweeping
line and is ideal for
rough sketching,
hatching and tonal
work with the side of
lead.
9. Gripping the pencil
Gesture grips and
variations
it produces flowing, economical
sweeping line and is ideal for rough
sketching, hatching and tonal work with
the side of lead.
10. Gripping the pencil
Brush Grip
O Sometimes a brush grip is used for detail
work — it is the pencil held like a brush, in a
pen grip with index finger resting along the
shaft.
11. Gripping the pencil
Brush Grip
OIt offers more motion freedom than the pen grip and
works with or without elbow support, but when used
with a pencil it also takes away some fine control.
OIt is fairly good for holding the Wacom stylus, too.
13. Basic Shapes & Forms
◦ Exercise #1: Drawing Straight Lines
Draw each line with a single motion. You'll discover the best angle at which you can draw a straight
line.
Then, all you have to do is turn the paper to execute a horizontal, a vertical, or diagonal line.
22. Shading - Techniques
The act of Stippling
involves covering an area
with dots. It is a wildly time-
consuming technique, in
which an image is drawn
dot...by dot...by dot.
Pointillism in art is based on
this technique.
23. Shading - Techniques
Scribbling has many different
names
and techniques such as
Scumbling, Circling &
Squirkling. Basically, this
technique involves shading
using random strokes or
circlular strokes.
24. Shading - Techniques
Blending, also known as Smooth
Shading is where you use your finger
or some smudge tool such as a
piece of cloth or cotton swab and
smear the shading for a more
uniform shade. If controlled correctly
this can give a smooth polished
look.