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PENCIL SKETCHING: PENCIL SKETCHING Presentation
by
Dennis L. Law, ASLA
Professor and Dean
College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Kansas State University Conte Crayon sketch by Dennis Law
PENCIL SKETCHING: PENCIL SKETCHING Equipment
Technique
Composition
Examples Pencil sketch by Dennis Law
PENCIL SKETCHING: PENCIL SKETCHING Equipment
Pencils
Sharpening
Paper
Stump
Erasers Pencil sketch by Dennis Law
Equipment: Equipment Pencils
Hardness/softness
Hard: 2H, H, & HB
Soft: B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, & 6B
Tone varies with paper, atmosphere, brand & subject.
Equipment: Equipment Sharpening the Pencil
Never use a point, but rather use a wedge.
Fuzzy wines are the best wines Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law
Equipment: Equipment Paper
Aquabee Drawing 812 and Strathmore Alexis - rough and gives grained appearance to middle to light tones Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law
Equipment: Equipment Paper
Aquabee Satin Finish - smooth - surfaced paper for great tones.
Video - Expensive but the best Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law
Equipment: Equipment Stump
Use very seldom
Will be demonstrated in class
Equipment: Equipment Erasers
Prefer kneaded eraser
A drawing that needs a lot of correction by eraser is not going to be successful.
PENCIL SKETCHING: PENCIL SKETCHING Technique
Preventing smudges
Portrait versus Landscape
Hard to soft
Drawing smaller than you see
Draw only shadows
Composition Pencil sketch by Dennis Law
TECHNIQUE: TECHNIQUE Preventing Smudges
Build a Bridge
Start by laying out drawing with harder leads
Start upper left-hand corner (right-handed people
Upper right if left-handed Pencil sketch by Dennis Law
TECHNIQUE: TECHNIQUE Portrait versus Landscape
Understand principles of composition
Portrait is for vertical subjects
Landscape is for horizontal subjects Sketch by Dennis Law
TECHNIQUE: TECHNIQUE Pointers
Start with hard leads and move to softer as drawing develops
Use no more than 3 leads weights
Draw smaller than you see
Draw only shadows and let white of the paper work
Leave white around the drawing for composition
PENCIL SKETCHING: PENCIL SKETCHING Examples
Materials
Openings
Windows
Roof
Shadows
Plant materials
Water Sketch by Dennis Law
COMPOSITION: COMPOSITION Examples
Materials
Openings
Windows
Roof
Shadows
Plant materials
Water Sketch by Dennis Law
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Wood Boards:
First, lay in the black tones with soft lead
Keep strokes broad and firm. Bear down
Sharp strokes to suggest shadows on edge of board
A few diagonal strokes to relieve monotony of vertical boards
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Openings:
Break up dark area with pencil strokes that have a variety of direction and value
Leave some touches of clear white paper between some of the strokes
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Windows:
Always variation in reflected light on windows
Windows are generally black
Vary darkness between panes
Leave areas of white
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Roofs:
First lay in tones
Horizontal lines are predominate
Lighten some shingles by erasing with kneaded eraser
Darken lower edges to simulate shadows
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Shadows:
Do not draw a line to show outlines of shadows
Shadow darkest at edge of light
Shadows are darker than shaded areas
Undulate shadows to give depth where appropriate
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Plant Materials:
Grasses
Start with gray lines which represent blades
Darken in the shadows at the bottom of the blades
Put in seed heads as demonstrated
Use sharp lines to cast shadow edge
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Plant Materials:
Deciduous Trees
Lightly (very) draw in basic geometric form
Subdivide into leaf masses
Cast shadows
Draw in truck and major branches (white against shadows, black against sky)
Tie to the ground
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Plant Materials:
Coniferous Trees
Begin with light vertical trunk
Lightly sketch in branch patterns - steep at top and less steep at bottom
Draw needles and shadows
Fill in truck
Tie to the ground
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Plant Materials:
Specialty plants
Begin with light vertical trunk
Lightly sketch in branch patterns - steep at top and less steep at bottom
Draw needles and shadows
Fill in truck
Tie to the ground
EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES Water
Start with horizontal strokes, darkest nearest to shoreline
Leave white or light areas below object to be reflected.
Finish with series of vertical lines, darkest nearest to shore and lighten as you move away Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law
EXERCISES: EXERCISES
Exercise one:
EXERCISES: EXERCISES
Exercise two:
EXERCISES: EXERCISES
Exercise three: