By using appropriate tones, curved form of the flower is brought out. Parts of a petal that are facing the ‘assumed’ light source in a drawing should be indicated brightly lit (using less stroke) while parts of petal that are curved away from light source should be indicated as darker using more dots and ticks.įollowing is a ‘light study’ of Calla lily where light and dark areas are indicated using assumed direction of light. Part that is facing the light source is lit brightest while the part that is curved away from the light source receives less light and hence is darker. Surface of a curved object receives light differently from a light source. Add tonal variations to give flower its form.Study the use of soft contour lines on top view of Calla lily below to give it form. But it is also important to use ‘soft’ contour lines (broken dotted/dashed lines) just like with outline discussed before. Since petals usually have curved interesting shapes, using contour lines on them really helps to bring out their form. Use soft contour lines to give form to petalsĬontour lines are curved lines where the curvature of lines expresses shape of the underlying object.They convey delicate nature of petals as seen in drawing of tulip below. Small dots and ticks are ideal to texture flowers. Use dots and small ticks to texture petals. Use of a ‘hard’ line will destroy that effect. This gives a feeling of softness and is ideal for drawing outline of flowers. Study the dotted and dashed broken line that is used to create outline of Calla lily below. Create a ‘soft’ and ‘delicate’ outline by using broken dotted line.Drawing Flowers: Key Pointsįollowing are key points to keep in mind when learning to draw flowers with pen. If you are interested in learning to draw pen and ink landscapes, then I invite you to also check out extensive collection of free tutorialsand my pen and ink drawing workbooks. This is not the case and in these tutorials you will learn to bring out soft and delicate nature of flowers and be able to draw beautiful flowers using pen. This is because soft and delicate nature of flowers is though to be difficult to portray with pen. Drawing flowers is a very relaxing and fun activity but it is perceived to be difficult to do with pen. Learn to draw flowers using pen with these step by step illustrated tutorials.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |