Rule 2 | Work with line bundles
Lesson 2 | Circles refined to perfection
20 min. |
Like the piano player, the draftsman must also practice his dexterity. With the practice of circles we are training both.
Step 1 | Watch the introductions
Script
Hello everyone. Happy sketching! A little exercise with bundles of lines.
We are going to draw circles: Draw a few circles with fluttering lines. Then put the pencil down and correct your drawing with more lines. In the end, it should look like you have drawn circles. Try this. See how far you can go. Use two or three… whatever. Never go round with more lines and too fast, because it looks ugly, but go round. Maybe half a circle, another half a circle. Make an ugly circle. Correct it. Get it into the right shape so that it looks like it is really circles. Then slowly fill in three pages.
Yes, exactly. You know it. Like the pianist does his finger exercises. Let the line flutter and really do more. And just one or two rounds. Try it out. Play around. Find your speed. Find out if you want to go counter-clockwise or clockwise. Sometimes it’s easier to go counterclockwise, sometimes it’s easier to go clockwise. Try it out. It will help you improve your line for a nice catch.
Try to think – or look – outside the box!
Are you able to see the circle?
Even if some lines go totally crazy and are far away from the shape they are meant to be, in the end, the impression of a round shape is created. That this is so is due to the Gestaltgesetz (design law) of closeness. This means: Optical stimuli are interpreted according to the law of conciseness to form entire closed figures. This picture of the wire above illustrates the Gestaltgesetz of closeness.
Step 2 | Just draw a circle and then maybe one or two further lines onto to perfect
Do it always and everywhere because practicing the fingers is half the skill.
Step 3 | Get inspired by the art
There are a lot of online collections to get inspired. Whenever possible, browse this repository for best practices and even masterpieces. Have a look at this sketchbook from an anonymous draftsman in the Rijksstudio, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. This sketchbook might be older and dates from circa 1659- 1728.
Sketchbook with 33 pages
Here is a nice sketchbook where you can figure out how to draw a line and how to refine with a second stroke.
Step 4 | Start a digital try
Think briefly about the material and the paper. Maybe it looks nice on a piece of paper torn from somewhere.
Then just do it… and enjoy the simple exercise.
Sometimes it is very good to trace a picture because you can experience the choices the artist must have made when creating the drawing.
Even better, try the digital tools with the pen. Remember: drawing with the mouse is no solution because you can’t change the line. You always need a „sensitive“ pen.
Procreate App
For drawing digitally or for tracing images. Try out one sketching with the Procreate App.
A tablet with a pencil is helpful for this. Because that way you can really draw directly on the picture.
ASSIGNMENT | Sketch your circles. Let the line flutter and really do more. Try it out. Play around. Find your speed.
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