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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. Equipment Technique Composition Examples. Pencil sketch by Dennis Law. PENCIL SKETCHING.

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PENCIL SKETCHING

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  1. 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

  2. PENCIL SKETCHING • Equipment • Technique • Composition • Examples Pencil sketch by Dennis Law

  3. PENCIL SKETCHING • Equipment • Pencils • Sharpening • Paper • Stump • Erasers Pencil sketch by Dennis Law

  4. Equipment • Pencils • Hardness/softness • Hard: 2H, H, & HB • Soft: B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B, & 6B • Tone varies with paper, atmosphere, brand & subject.

  5. Equipment • Sharpening the Pencil • Never use a point, but rather use a wedge. • Fuzzy wines are the best wines Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law

  6. Equipment • Paper • Aquabee Drawing 812 and Strathmore Alexis - rough and gives grained appearance to middle to light tones Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law

  7. Equipment • Paper • Aquabee Satin Finish - smooth - surfaced paper for great tones. • Video - Expensive but the best Pencil Sketch by Dennis Law

  8. Equipment • Stump • Use very seldom • Will be demonstrated in class

  9. Equipment • Erasers • Prefer kneaded eraser • A drawing that needs a lot of correction by eraser is not going to be successful.

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. TECHNIQUE • Portrait versus Landscape • Understand principles of composition • Portrait is for vertical subjects • Landscape is for horizontal subjects Sketch by Dennis Law

  13. 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

  14. PENCIL SKETCHING • Examples • Materials • Openings • Windows • Roof • Shadows • Plant materials • Water Sketch by Dennis Law

  15. COMPOSITION • Examples • Materials • Openings • Windows • Roof • Shadows • Plant materials • Water Sketch by Dennis Law

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. EXAMPLES • Windows: • Always variation in reflected light on windows • Windows are generally black • Vary darkness between panes • Leave areas of white

  19. EXAMPLES • Roofs: • First lay in tones • Horizontal lines are predominate • Lighten some shingles by erasing with kneaded eraser • Darken lower edges to simulate shadows

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. EXERCISES • Exercise one:

  27. EXERCISES • Exercise two:

  28. EXERCISES • Exercise three:

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