Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil

Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil

“You have reached the end of the course, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It has been a pleasure to be your teacher. Now is your time to do your own final project. Before you start, remember that drawing is a process that requires patience and effort. As I have told you throughout this course, sharing is loving what we do, therefore, I ask you to share, not only your final illustration, but also your learning process. Let me show you an example of how I would like you to share your project with me and the world: The idea: Look for an idea that you want to work on, in addition, I ask you to take on the task of looking for reference images so that you can have a great variety when starting to design your sketch and you can make better choices.

The sketch: With the help of Photoshop edit your reference photos. Don't forget to convert the images to black and white to give you an idea of how you are going to work the lights, midtones and shadows of the drawing. Change values such as contrast to suit your taste, modify scales, make some cuts so that your composition works better and looks harmonic. Work in a format that is the same as your sheet of paper, so that from the sketch you know the size of the drawing and save your sketch as an image to print. Trace on the paper: Make the trace on the paper using a light table to make the tracing of the sketch impression. I recommend using a 6H hard pencil, so you can make faint lines without too much emphasis on the pencil to avoid marks on the paper. Try to capture as much detail as you can, the more detailed your tracing, the better. Halftone: This part of the drawing is very important, make the base with a gray tone using a hard pencil like 6H, 4H and 2H. Work from top to bottom and from right to left to avoid staining the sheet. Take a moment to work on each element, try to emulate the texture with very fine lines, also leave small spaces blank where the lights are located. Avoid using rubber throughout the drawing process. I recommend you make a gray base on each element so that in the next step you use the B pencils for the shadows that will help you give volume and depth. Shadows: Start working the shadows to give volume to the elements of the drawing, always starting with the lightest pencil from the B range to finish with the darkest (B, 2B, 4B and 6B). Apply over the gray base that you already have only in the places where we need to darken, if it is necessary to blend the tones you can use the brush to tone. This part of the process is about gradually increasing the dark tones one above the other to achieve the volume and shape of the elements. Remember to follow the directions and emulate the textures with spots so in the end you will only have to apply the darkest shadows with the 6B. Take the opportunity also to make details with the pens, define contours using thin or thicker lines, these small details add visual richness to your drawing. The fund: Add the solid black background to shape the silhouettes of your composition and thus integrate all the elements. I used a 6B pencil to fill in all the spaces that surround the figures, remember to use a sheet to support you and not rub the drawing while working in the background, for the contours of the figures. You have to be careful, I recommend you use the sharpened lower graduation pencil to fill in those small spaces, so that the black background looks solid without so many stripes, also, make small circular strokes or in one direction, it is better to go over it again the same area to try to fill in one, so you avoid marking the paper. It is a process that requires patience! When you finish filling in the entire figure and have defined the silhouette, you just have to lift the sheet and give a light blow to remove the excess graphite from the surface. Please don't despair if your first drawings don't look the way you want them to. We all have difficult beginnings, but with practice and little by little you will be able to observe progress in the way you draw. I ask you not to stop sharing your process and your project, take advantage of the Domestika platform to publicize your work. If you wish, you can also use your social networks. Thank you for joining me on this adventure! If you have any questions, you can use the forum, I will answer you as soon as possible. In addition, if you can resolve any questions about a colleague, I invite you to respond, always in the most respectful way possible. See you soon on the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project I am glad to have reached the end of our course together. With the exercises we have done, you are ready to start your project. But first, I would like to remind you that drawing is a process It requires patience and effort. Don't despair if your first drawings don't look the way you want them to. We all have tough starts, but with practice little by little we will be able to observe advances in our way of drawing. When facing your final project, remember that drawing is a way of expressing something very personal. Don't limit yourself in what you want to say. It is good to be...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Naturalistic Drawing with Pencil

• Level: Beginner
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• 1784 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 44m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing