Y-02 ADVANCED: CREATING IN COLOR pdf

Brenda Hoddinott Y-02 ADVANCED: CREATING IN COLOR Drawing an adorable puppy with colored pencils, illustrates how to shade textures and forms with a focus on identifying and rendering the light and shadow areas of diverse colors. CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Suggested drawing supplies…………………………………………………………………4 Skills presented…………………………………………………………………………… 4 Glossary of art terms used………………………………………………………………… 4 Part One: Planning and Outlining………………………………………………………….……7 Lesson Y-02-1: Setting up your format and grid……………………………………………7 Lesson Y-02-2: Outlining Wobby with help from a grid……………………………………8 Part Two: Adding Wobby’s Fur………………………………………………… ………… 13 Lesson Y-02-3: Mapping dark blue values………………………………… 13 Lesson Y-02-4: Hatching middle values of blue fur.……………………………………… 14 Lesson Y-02-5: Hatching light blue fur…………………………………………………… 16 Lesson Y-02-6: Hatching yellow fur……………………………………………………… 18 Part Three: Shading Eyes and Nose………………………………………………………… .20 Lesson Y-02-7: Drawing compelling dog eyes………………………………… 20 Lesson Y-02-8: Shading Wobby’s shiny nose………………………………………………23 Part Four: Shading a Rainbow…………………………………………………………… … 24 Lesson Y-02-9: Setting up for stripes……………………………………………………….24 Lesson Y-02-10: Shading rainbow stripes………………………………………………… 26 Part Five: Adding Final Touches……………………………………………………………… 27 Lesson Y-02-11: Grounding Wobby with a cast shadow……………………………………27 Lesson Y-02-12: Finishing the drawing of Wobby………………………………………….28 28 PAGES – 24 ILLUSTRATIONS Recommended for artists with advanced drawing skills, as well as home schooling, academic and recreational fine art educators Published by Hoddinott Fine Art Publishers, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2004 Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -2 - INTRODUCTION Wobby is “painted with colored pencils” using primary and secondary colors. Because his face looked so sad in my preliminary sketch, I chose to use mostly blue for his fur. To keep the drawing bright, I used other primary colors for this puppy, yellow for the insides of his ears and the under pads of his paws, and red (almost pink) for his nose. I chose stripes of both primary and secondary colors for his rainbow ribbon (bow). SKILLS PRESENTED 1. Adding shading with graduated hatching values 2. Blending colors with burnishing 3. Sketching within a simple grid 4. Planning shading strategies 5. Illustrating various textures 6. Drawing the forms of a cartoon body 7. Identifying and shading light, shadows, and cast shadows GLOSSARY OF ART TERMS Burnishing: is the application of one layer(s) of color (or white) over another, by applying pressure to your pencil to blend colors together. Burnishing colored pencils can also be done with a tortillon or a firm plastic eraser. Cast shadow: is a dark area on a surface, adjacent to where the light is blocked by an object. Contour drawings (also called line drawings): are comprised of lines which follow the contours of the various components of a drawing subject and define the outlines of its forms. Contour lines: are created when the shared edges of spaces and/or objects meet. Contour lines can define complete objects or small sections or details within drawing subjects. Contrast: measures the degree of difference between the light and dark values within shading, and creates the illusion of three-dimensions in a drawing. Curved lines: are created when a straight line curves (or bends). Curved lines can be drawn thick or thin. Drawing: is the application of art media to a surface so as to produce an image, which visually defines an artist’s choice of drawing subjects from his or her unique perspective. Drawing space (sometimes called a drawing format): refers to the area of a drawing surface within a specific perimeter, outlined by a shape of any size, such as a square, rectangle or circle. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -3 - Form: is the illusion of the three-dimensional structure of a shape, such as a circle, square or triangle, created in a drawing with shading and/or perspective. Foreshortening: refers to the visual distortion of a person or object, when viewed at extreme angles. As the angle of viewing becomes more extreme the level of distortion becomes more pronounced. Geometric perspective (sometimes called linear perspective): is a method of representing drawing subjects so they seem to recede into distant space, and appear smaller the farther they are away. Graduated shading (also known as a graduation or graduated values): is a continuous progression of graduated values from dark to light or from light to dark. Grid: is a framework of vertical and horizontal reference squares on an image and/or drawing paper, used by artists to either enlarge or reduce the size of the original image. Hatching: is a series of lines (called a set) drawn closely together to give the illusion of values. Light source: The direction from which a dominant light originates. The placement of this light source affects every aspect of a drawing. The light source tells you where to draw all the light values and shadows. Outline drawings (also called contour or line drawings): are comprised of lines which follow the contours of the various components of a drawing subject and define the outlines of its forms. Overlapping: refers to the position of an object when it visually appears to be in front of another object. Perspective: is the rendering of a three dimensional object or space within a two dimensional drawing space. Proportion: is the relationship in size of one component of a drawing to another or others. Shading: refers to the various values that make drawings look three-dimensional. Shadows: are the areas on an object that receive little or no light. Shape: refers to the outward outline of a form. Basic shapes include circles, squares and triangles. Sketching: is the rendering of a quick, rough representation or outline of a planned drawing subject. A sketch can also be a completed work of art. Texture: is the surface detail of an object, as defined in a drawing with various shading techniques. The senses of touch and sight help identify the surface texture of drawing subject. Values: are the different shades of color created when you draw by varying both the density of the shading lines, and the pressure used in holding your pencils. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -4 - SUGGESTED DRAWING SUPPLIES 1. Heavy drawing paper or mat board, preferably a light color 2. Sandpaper block or fine sandpaper for keeping your pencils sharp 3. Ruler 4. HB graphite pencil 5. Vinyl eraser 6. 24 colored pencils similar to the following: ILLUSTRATION 2-01 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 9 20 21 22 23 24 1 ORANGE 13 WHITE 2 LIGHT ORANGE 14 LIGHT GRAY 3 YELLOW 15 DARK GRAY 4 DARK OCHRE 16 DARK BROWN 5 DARK GREEN 17 MEDIUM BROWN 6 LIGHT GREEN 18 RUST 7 LIGHT SKY BLUE 19 PINK 8 MEDIUM BLUE 20 LIGHT PURPLE 9 SAPPHIRE BLUE 21 LIGHT RED 10 DARK BLUE 22 MAUVE 11 DARK VIOLET 23 DARK RED 12 BLACK 24 MEDIUM RED Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -5 - PART ONE: PLANNING AND OUTLINING In this section you plan your drawing and outline Wobby within your drawing space. LESSON Y-02-1: SETTING UP YOUR FORMAT AND GRID I’ve chosen a lightly textured acid-free mat board as my drawing surface. Wobby is drawn in a grid format to help you set up proportions. I’ve chosen 4 squares across by 5 squares down. My drawing is 4” x 5”, which is quite tiny, but you can do a larger drawing by using larger squares. ILLUSTRATION 2-02 1. Draw your grid lines VERY lightly, preferably with your HB mechanical pencil. 2. Add numbers along the top and letters down the side as illustrated. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -6 - LESSON Y-02-2: OUTLINING WOBBY WITH HELP FROM A GRID Don’t press too hard with your pencil or your lines won’t erase later. ILLUSTRATION 2-03 3. Start by roughly sketching the basic outline of the head, ears, body, and tail VERY lightly with your HB pencil. Use Illustration 2-03 as a basic guideline for placing the overall shape within the grid format. The next four illustrations show close up views of the fine details within each section. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -7 - ILLUSTRATION 2-04 4. Lightly draw the outline of Wobby’s head and ears as in Illustration 2-04. 5. Add the tuffs of fur on the top of his head. 6. Draw the outlines of his eyes, in which you will draw the individual parts. Note the distinctive overall shapes as being almost triangular. 7. Draw all the parts of his eyes inside the outlines. Take a moment and become familiar with the names of the parts of an eye:  Iris: the large colored circular shape.  Highlight: a bright spot that defines where light bounces off the eye.  Pupil: the dark circle inside the iris. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -8 - ILLUSTRATION 2-05 8. Add Wobby’s nose, his chubby cheeks, the bottoms of his ears and his tail. ILLUSTRATION 2-06 9. Draw the outline of his bow and the rose (see Illustration 2-06). To keep the drawing a little simpler, feel free to leave out the rose. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -9 - ILLUSTRATION 2-07 10. Finish drawing the details of his body, legs and tail. 11. Draw his paws. One of his back paws seems to be hidden behind his belly, but don’t worry, you add it later! 12. When you’ve finished drawing these detailed sections, take a moment to check carefully that everything is in the correct place. Refer back to Illustration 2-03 and confirm that your proportions are correct. 13. Erase your grid lines and redraw the sections of the sketch, which were erased. A helpful hint when erasing: Use the edge of your vinyl eraser to erase the lines and then very lightly brush away the eraser crumbs with a clean soft paintbrush. Then use your kneaded eraser to gently pat the paper surface. It will pick up any remaining eraser crumbs. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -10 - ILLUSTRATION 2-08 14. Use your kneaded eraser to lighten all your pencil lines until you can barely see them. [...]... 41 Add shading to the cast shadow using lots of different colors as in Illustration 2-23 Very lightly draw in a few parallel horizontal lines before you begin the shading The shading of the cast shadow on the surface, on which Wobby is sitting, is darker closer to him and becomes gradually lighter as it moves outward LESSON Y-02- 11: FINISHING THE DRAWING OF WOBBY A few final touches help bring Wobby... making it appear that the subject of your drawing is sitting on a surface In this section, you add Wobby’s other back paw, and some shading with horizontal hatching lines to create a cast shadow ILLUSTRATION 2-22 40 Before you begin adding shading for the cast shadow, first outline and then shade in a tiny section of his right back paw (as in Illustration 2-22) Refer back to Part Two for guidelines... permission of Brenda Hoddinott E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 25 - PART FIVE: ADDING FINAL TOUCHES With a tiny section of the fourth paw showing under Wobby’s belly, he seems to be sitting more firmly on the ground A few final touches, including a cast shadow, complete this gorgeous cartoon puppy LESSON Y-02- 11: GROUNDING WOBBY WITH A... exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 21 - LESSON Y-02- 8: SHADING WOBBY’S SHINY NOSE The technique of burnishing over your shading helps create the shiny texture... have a look at the close up view of fur in Illustration 2-12 and take note of the following: The different directions of the shading lines define Wobby’s forms Hatching lines are short, but of slightly different lengths Several different values of blue pencils are in each section of fur The light color of my drawing surface shows through in the light areas Hatching lines with a white pencil make some of... between the different values flowing smoothly into one another LESSON Y-02- 9: SETTING UP FOR STRIPES In this section you discover how to create three values of each of six different colors by using various pencils The light source is from the left front, so the shading of each color in the bow will be slightly lighter on the left side of the drawing ILLUSTRATION 2-19 For each color you use a light, a medium... whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 24 - LESSON Y-02- 10: SHADING RAINBOW STRIPES Using three different values of each color provides the illusion of depth Find your pencils and draw a rainbow! ILLUSTRATION 2-21 37 Draw lines on the ribbon to identify the location of each stripe... foreshortening helps create the illusion of three dimensions As a ribbon curves in different directions some sections are closer to the viewer than others Foreshortening creates the illusion that some stripes appear to be wide and others are quite narrow 38 Shade the rainbow ribbon Refer to the guidelines in lesson Y-02- 9 for more information 39 Add shading to the rose (if you have included it in your drawing)... lighter The shading is lighter on the left side of the drawing Dark shading, in such places as the flaps under the ears and the creases of the stitching, creates the illusion of depth An element of realism is created by drawing the hatching lines in the directions in which the fur appears to “grow” Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong...- 11 - PART TWO: ADDING WOBBY’S FUR You are ready to begin adding color to the fur Use a sandpaper block or fine sandpaper to keep your pencil points very sharp You use short hatching lines to represent fur LESSON Y-02- 3: MAPPING DARK BLUE VALUES Use pencil 10 (dark blue) to map out the darkest colors ILLUSTRATION 2-09 The light source is slightly from the left front, so the shading will be slightly . Brenda Hoddinott Y-02 ADVANCED: CREATING IN COLOR Drawing an adorable puppy with colored pencils, illustrates how to shade textures and forms with a focus on identifying and rendering the. secondary colors for his rainbow ribbon (bow). SKILLS PRESENTED 1. Adding shading with graduated hatching values 2. Blending colors with burnishing 3. Sketching within a simple grid 4. Planning. bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com -5 - PART ONE: PLANNING AND OUTLINING In this section you plan your drawing and outline Wobby within your