DRAWING D VINOTHINI 1 What is drawing Drawing

DRAWING D. VINOTHINI 1

What is drawing Ø Drawing is at the heart or soul of an artists way to express themselves , creative way to express the feelings and thoughts of an artists Ø A drawing can be a sketch, a plan, a design, or graphic representation made with the help of pens, pencils, or crayons. 2

Origin of basic drawing Paper: Ø The precursor to modern paper dates back to 2 nd century BC in china. Ø From china , the paper making process spread to the middle east, the to medieval Europe in the 13 th century , where the first water powered paper mills were built Ø In 1844, Canadian inventor CHARLES FENERTY and GERMAN F. G KELLER independently developed processes or pulping wood fibres significantly lowering the cost Ø Modern day paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, and drying the into flexible sheets 3

Pencil: Origination of the word pencil: Ø Old French – “PINCEL” –fine paintbrush Ø Latin – “PENICILLUS”- a little tail Evolution 4

GRIPPING THE PENCIL SCRIBE GRIP: Ø The scribe’s grip that feels natural for most people is surely the worst grip for drawing: writing and drawing are fundamentally different activities. Ø Writing is done with the minute motions of the hand fingers , with the elbow fixed Ø Drawing is done with broad movement of the whole arm, from hand to shoulder-blade. 5

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PEN GRIP: Ø Hold the pencil like you would hold the writing pen, but much further from the tip Ø This grip is good for detailing , and for small size sketching Ø It is also the grip Waco tablets are designed for. 7

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VIOLIN BLOW GRIP: Ø Hold the pencil with the thumb against all our fingers. This removes most control from the fingers, and emphasizes the wrist and especially the arm at elbow and shoulder Ø This grip is the preferable basic drawing grip Ø It produces flowing, economical sweeping line and ideal for rough sketching. 9

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BRUSH GRIP: The pencil is held upright and the back edge rests on the base of your thumb This grip is perfect for creating light and delicate marks It is also great for when you are making visual comparison on the surface and laying out the composition 11

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COMMON DRAWING MEDIUM: Ø Pastel –oil pastel Ø Charcoal Ø Colored pencil Ø Crayon Ø Graphite –can be pencils which are small or large sticks similar to charcoal Ø Marker Ø Pen and ink 13

TYPES OF DRAWING: Ø Life drawing Ø Emotive drawing Ø Sketching Ø Analytic drawing Ø Perspective drawing Ø Geometric drawing Ø Diagrammatic drawing Ø Illustration drawing 14

LIFE DRAWING: Ø Drawings that results rom direct or real observations are lie drawings Ø Life drawings also known as still-life drawing or figure drawing, portrays all the expressions that are viewed by the artists Ø Life drawing is applied to sculpture, medical illustration, cartooning, and comic book illustration, and other fields 15

EMOTIVE DRAWING: Ø Similar to painting, emotive drawing emphasizes on exploring and expressing different Ø emotions Ø Feelings Ø Moods Ø self time 16

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SKETCHING: Ø Sketching is a kind o drawing that puts forward the instant thoughts of an artist Ø It is a rough freehand loose drawing which is not considered to be a finished piece of work Ø Sketching usually results out of visualizing and immediately capturing them onto paper 18

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ANALYTIC DRAWING: Ø Sketches that are created for clear understanding and representing of observation made by an artist are called analytic drawing 20

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PERSPECTIVE DRAWING: Ø Perspective drawing is used by artists to create three dimensional images on a two dimensional picture plane , such as paper Ø It represents space , distance , volume, light , surface planes , scale all viewed from a particular eye level 22

DIAGRAMATIC DRAWING When concepts and ideas are explored and investigated, these are documented on paper through diagrammatic drawing Diagrammatic drawings serve as active design process for the instant ideas to conceived. 23

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ILLUSTRATION DRAWING Drawings that are created to represent the lay out o a particular document are illustration drawings They include all basic details Style Size Colour Character Effects and others 25

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IMPLICATIONS OF DRAWING Ø Focus on handwriting instruction Ø Support children’s fine motor skill development Ø Use drawing to transfer student’s abilities to drawing to writing Ø Model instruction 27

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