Far more used to working with tone, rather then with linework, by itself. Finding this one a bit hard going. Drawing is supposed to be of a carrot. However, my hand wasn't loose enough – took it off the page several times. May do attempt this exercise again, before moving on.
14.12.10
Had a second go at it. Really, no better then the first. Could it be that for line you have to study the drawing for longer before beginning? Found it hard not to use tone. Long, continuous lines were hard also.
Research point: “Find an artist who uses line drawing often. What are the strengths of working with line? What can you learn from the way this artist works?”
Had a look at the linework of such artists as:
- Leonardo de Vinci
- Albrecht Dürer
- Picasso
- Egon Schiele
- The ancient greek lineworkers
Some observations:
- To express form it is rarefor an artist to use completely continuous lines. When Picasso does this in his “Women in Russian Blouse II” the final image looked quite flat. Whereas Dürer's work (although it does have some long lines within it) is more broken up in order to express form.
- The key seems to be finding the essential details and to focus on them (this, of course, depends on the aspects of the subject you are seeking to portray).
- The other thing that is varied in order to portray form is strength and thickness of line.
Now have a greater admiration for this type of drawing.
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