Sunday, 30 September 2012

Crosshatching Seated Boy Assignment



MEDIA:CROSSHATCHING,PENCIL

Crosshatching was very new to me and coming into this drawing assignment, I didn't know what it was or how to do it so I was a little worried at first. The seated boy assignment was actually a simple drawing image and a great way to practice our crosshatching skills. I started this assignment by making a contour line drawing of the seated boy. Again, I focused more on lines, line changes and different angles in order to accomplish the drawing. The surface contour helped me personally see the image of the seated boy as I use the the crosshatching technique to fill in the dark and light areas. The surface contour acted like a guide for me through out this assignment. Having a grid on the image made me proportion the seated boy onto my paper which was very important if I wanted to draw the image perfectly. After completing the seated boy, I began thinking about dark and light values. Using the crosshatching technique helps me emphasize which parts of the image is darker and lighter. As I crosshatched my way through the seated boy image, I begin to see what I am actually drawing. Thinking of value changes and the transitions from light to dark and using crosshatching helped bring out the seated boy and its details. I begin to see all the shaded areas as well as the boys shadow which was really surprising for me. After the seated boy assignment, I realized that crosshatching was actually very simple. It is a quick way to emphasize the shadow, light and dark values of the seated boy or any image.

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