Sketchbook drawings created to practice various techniques. These drawings are done in various specific levels of detail:
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Blind Contour: Drawing the basic shape of the subject without looking down at the paper.
Scribble Gesture: Roughly sketching the shape of the subject.
Negative Shapes: Capturing the mass of the negative space around the subject.
Mass: Capturing the general mass of the subject.
Detailed Rendering: Drawing the subject as detailed as possible.
Aspect: Magnifying a portion of the subject and drawing it in a detailed manner.
Value: Drawing the subject as detailed as possible, while capturing the value changes in the subject created by light and shadow.
Still Life Objects
Various sketches of still life objects. Drawn with graphite pencils.
Still life objects drawn in blind contour: capturing the general shapes of the objects without looking down at the paper. Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
The objects drawn in scribble gesture, roughly sketching the forms of the objects, and mass, capturing the general mass of the objects. Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
A portion of the objects "blown-up" and rendered more detailed. Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Still life objects drawn in blind contour: capturing the general shapes of the objects without looking down at the paper. Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Chairs
Various sketches of a chair inside of another chair (?).
Drawn with graphite pencils.
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Water Bottle
Various sketches of a water bottle. Drawn with graphite pencils.
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
China Dinnerware
Various sketches of a set of china dinnerware. Drawn with graphite and color pencils.
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Size: 14 x 11 in. Medium: Color Pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Color Pencils
Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Misc. Drawings
Two color drawings, color sketches of apples, and a design of tessellations, and one perspective drawing. Drawn with graphite and color pencils.
Apples drawn in color, inverted color, aspect color, and "sized up" (drawn to look much bigger than normal). Size: 14 x 11 in. Medium: Color Pencils
Tessellations, or "an arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without gaps or overlapping." Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Color Pencils
A perspective drawing of a hallway, with an added surreal element. Size: 11 x 14 in. Medium: Graphite pencils
Apples drawn in color, inverted color, aspect color, and "sized up" (drawn to look much bigger than normal). Size: 14 x 11 in. Medium: Color Pencils