Pencil Drawing Fundamentals – the Detail Phase
Each drawing effort starts with the Preparatory Phase followed by the Line Drawing Phase. After that come the Shading Phase and the Blending Phase. Finally, almost as an afterthought, the procedure ends with the Detail Phase.
The Detail Phase consists of judiciously adding small accents in such a way that they enhance the drawing. Here are some guidelines to follow during the detail phase:
* Structure – During the Line Drawing Phase we by and large limit ourselves to drawing the contours of the large forms. We do this without paying too much attention to the details. The main objective of the Line Drawing Phase is to create a structured picture of the overall scene. This structure must above all be geometrically accurate.
A line drawing can then be seen as a collection of smaller pieces of drawing paper. The contour of each large form represents the edge of one of those separate smaller pieces of drawing paper.
So now we can add the necessary details to each of the forms one at a time. We already know that the forms themselves are in the right place and have the right orientation. Therefore you need only to worry about the correct position and orientation of the details we put inside each of the empty forms.
In effect, the line drawing, when done right, divides the entire drawing task up into a number of smaller drawings. These smaller drawings consist of adding the details into each independent form or shape.
google_ad_channel = “7940249670, ” + AB_cat_channel + AB_unit_channel;
google_language = “en”;
google_ad_region = ‘test’;
Remi Engels, Ph.D., is a pencil portrait artist and oil painter. He is also the author of a popular Pencil Portrait Drawing Course. Get Your Free copy here: Remi’s Pencil Portrait Drawing Course while supplies last.
Comments are closed.