Monday 5 December 2011

Grab a sketchbook and pencil

Draw.

If you want to make objects or people appear rounded - as if they're growing from the page - experiment in using your pencil in varieties of density and pressure to create all grey tones. Control those grey tones to take your drawing smoothly from white to black.

Keep a big contrast between the light and dark areas of your drawing. Take the dark to black and the white to gleaming. An eraser will help blend the greys in the transition and ensure the light areas stay light.

Watch how an artist who's better accomplished than me creates a water droplet. (Last time I tried drawing a water droplet someone thought it was a standard lamp.)

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