The Practical Guide to Drawing Portraits by Barrington Barber

Author:Barrington Barber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Rosen

Using the point in random directions also works well.

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Smooth and finely graduated tones can be achieved by working over your marks with a stub.

Pen and Ink

Here are a range of exercises to help familiarize you with using a pen and ink. Remember to use your pen lightly and carefully so that its point doesn’t catch in the paper.

1. Vertical lines close together in one direction.

2. Horizontal lines close together in one direction.

3. Oblique lines close together in one direction.

Now repeat as above but this time building up the strokes.

4. Draw vertical lines.

5. Draw oblique lines on top of the verticals.

6. Draw horizontal lines on top of the oblique and vertical lines.

7. Draw oblique lines at 90 degrees to the last oblique lines on top of the three previous exercises to build up the tone.

8. Make patches of short strokes in different directions, each time packing them closer together.

9. Draw small overlapping lines in all directions.

10. Draw lines that follow the contours of a shape, placing them close together. For an additional variation, draw oblique lines across these contour lines.

11. Build up lots of dots to show tonal areas.

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