Anybody Sketch With Their Nakaya?

[TrinityTam]

TT is fine. Or Trin.

 

I use measured pencil guidelines all the time. I'm not such a purist about drawing by sight with my more detailed drawings. For my quicker sketches, I do rely on hand-eye coordination. It's like exercising both sides of my brain. Below you can see how I used guidelines to set up a drawing. The first picture shows the measured pencil markings. The second is the completed sketch.

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8151280972_e8382438e6_z.jpg

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8151280496_3624bba02d_z.jpg

[ethernautrix]

All of these drawings are great.

 

KEEP DRAWING

 

I just read about a drawing teacher telling a student: " you have to do a million bad drawings before you get to the good ones." --so keep drawing--the more you draw the better you get. Draw without worrying about the end result--make mistakes--make BAD drawings--it is how you learn to make GOOD drawings. I was actually taught to never start a drawing trying to make a "good" drawing--just draw to draw or to work out a thought or idea.--it has made all the difference.

 

George said something about measuring. What? People MEASURE their drawings?

 

:-D

 

 

At the Flax Pen Faire today, I was trying to pick out pocket-size notebooks for drawring, and Ricky asked if I was ready to try blank pages (no lines), cos I was looking at a cool notebook with no lines, and I said, "The lines don't really help me anyway, even when I try to draw along them."

 

You're right, Steve, just draw to draw. That way is so much more fun. And no pressure! I'm not even concerned that I have another 999,879 or so drawrings to draw, ha ha ha. I'm just going to use my amazing powers of denial to say, "THESE ARE ALLLLLL GOOD!" (But only to myself. Everyone else can think what they want.)

[stevlight]

Lisa--You rock!

[Hanoi]

you are very talented. I wish I could draw like that.

 

Here is the more recent set of 30, Schiele Variations.

 

I've used Piccolos and the Desk Pen and a Sailor Desk Pen (the $12 plastic with steel EF nib) and a Parker Duofold Vac and the Edison Pearl (steel F nib).

 

The next set of 30 I'll use the Desk Pen (F) and one of the Piccolos (M) and a Montblanc 100-Year Historical (widest line at an EF -- I know, unexpected that it's the widest line) and maybe the Pelikan 140 (semi-flex EF -- actually, this is the widest line) -- but the Pelly has red ink in it, so I might not change it for the drawing practice.

 

The drawrings are small, about 3-4" squarish (8-10cm).

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/6987652734_783b0881dc.jpg

Schiele Variations 27 by ethernautrix, on Flickr

[ethernautrix]

Lisa--You rock!

 

No, YOU rock! :-D

 

Thank you, Steve.

 

 

you are very talented. I wish I could draw like that.

 

Thank you, Hanoi. I'll set aside the question of talent and focus more on the qualities of determination and fun. By the way, how do you know you can't draw like that? Have you tried? I had no idea until I decided, Phffffft! I'm going to draw! And then I did. And I really, really enjoy it. So my suggestion to you is to pick your favorite pen and draw something. :-)