Latin Rock #2
Latin Rock #2
Back to the Latin Rock for a warm up. This time, I used just an HB and and a 2H pencil in this sketch, concentrating more on the detail. In fact, went to town a bit and it would be fair to say I overdid it.
It interesting, though at a slightly different angle from my first latin rock sketch, which concentrated on the shading.
I can see in my mind now, how if i was going to do a proper drawing of the rock, I would combine the two. Where I would use detail and where I would shading.
Well worthwhile exercise in doing the two separate drawings.
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Posted by Chance Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Categories: Warm Up Excercises
Tags: 2H, HB, Latin Rock, Shading, Warm up
Latin Rock #1
Latin Rock
I’ve retired my one arm manikin for now, and have a new model for my warm up excerises. Say Hello to the Latin Rock! This rock I picked up when I was in Canada and visting Mt.Revelstoke . Its a piece of Hematite and I don’t know why, I haven’t thought of using it to draw before as its absolute great.
Firstly, with the aide of a torch I can create hundreds of different shapes, I’ve posted a few pictures up here on flickr, such as this one to show you what I mean.
Secondly, there is the surface;One side of the rock, the iron ore is exposed and is rich in reds and brown and relatively smooth. The other side, is grey and looks like its gone through some heat and compression, which has left grooves and layers.
Thirdly, Its small and fits nicely on the shelve next to my desk and it was free. What more could you want ?
For my first drawing, I thought I would get out just the B pencils that I use and not worry about detail or shape so much,but instead focus on where I would use those pencils on the drawing.
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Posted by Chance Date: Monday, January 11, 2010
Categories: Warm Up Excercises
Tags: B, Latin Rock, Shading, Warm up
