- drawing of bowls
All I can find the time for this month are short sketches. But that fills a need, too. Drawing is very much like meditation for me, and I have always enjoyed it.
Except for ellipses. They are so hard and even after drawing all this time, they still give me fits. I do them right side up, upside down, and they often remain catawampus or skewed. So when I am drawing something with an ellipse, I start with that. If I can’t get that part right, I’m not going to waste time on the rest.
We had our afternoon drawing and painting club today, and all took a shot at this group of bowls. We had a strong light on one side to get some good shadows and a large piece of white paper underneath. When I do the shadows, I lightly hatch with a mechanical pencil, in three directions until most of the lines are blended together. And on the cast shadows, I went back in with a kneaded eraser and smudged the edge just a bit to subdue it.
The front bowl was done in more detail, the stacked bowls in the rear just to show the basic drawing and beginning of the shading. I think strong darks and lights really help to set off a drawing.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Jo C. // Jul 25, 2009 at 12:03 am
This is great. The ellipses look pretty darn good. I agree on the lights and darks. Nice job on the main bowl. Sounds like you had fun.
2 Regina // Jul 28, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Thanks, Jo. A lot of times, it’s really difficult to see if something is ‘off’ or not. After all the mirror tricks, you just have to hope it’s right. Or ask a friend.
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