OSB, Conte Rubbing and Grayscale

Bad Photo, Nail Brush, India Ink Print

Bad Photo of Sunflower Head Print, India Ink

Fiberglass, Conte Rubbing

Wainscot Rubbing, Graphite

Wild Grass, India Ink

Diamond Plate, Conte Rubbing

Contour

Basic Contour

Cross Contour

Basic Contour

Quick Contour 

Several quick gesture drawings

Mechanical or structural drawing

Contour line drawing with india ink

Exaggerated line with conte

Quick contour, fine marker

Blind contour 2B conte

Blurred and erased 2B conte

Lyrical line, extra fine marker

Quick cursive, india ink

Implied, india ink

Calligraphic, india ink

Slow contour, 2B conte

Quick contour, marker

Exaggerated cross contour, marker

Here are two examples of incised line; 

the first is a pumpkin by artist Ray Villafane 

who uses incised lines to give volume, depth, value 

and detail to his pumpkin creations 

by varying the depth and type of cut he uses.  

The second incised drawing is a scratchboard drawing, 

by John Agnew, of a desert tortoise.  

What amazes me is that he artist used 

the most delicate scratches 

to create a piece of work that looks like a painting.  

Scratchboard is actually or most usually a layer of gesso or clay 

over a white or colored background with ink or paint on top.   

The closeness of the scratches and some crosshatching 

add shading and values of interest to this composition. 

 Where the layers are entirely scratched off, 

you see the highlights. 

 Almost like working in the negative.

The next choice is an example of Cadavre Exquis type drawing

where two or more artist collaborate on one piece of drawing.  

The usual way this happens is that a paper is divided 

into segments by folding.  

The first artist starts a drawing with lines

 and then covers most of the work

before handing it over to the next artist 

who adds to the visible part of the drawing in their segment 

before passing it on to the next. 

What appears in the end is an abstract type of drawing done 

with many different types of line 

from exaggerated, whimsical, and implies 

to many of the other types of lines discussed

 in this week's chapter.  

Lines vary in the amount of control and density,

not many are consistently the same thickness.

Usually done as a game but these pieces end up 

as some pretty interesting art.

My last choice is exaggerated line.

This artist used exaggerated line to emphasize the hound's nose

as the most important facial feature on the dog as for a hound, 

it would be.

This type of line drawing is usually used in caricature

 and/or political type of work

because it can and does bring attention to the more 

"positive attributes" of the subject matter.

This intentional elongation of line or distortion 

puts all other features 

in the work at reduced importance.

I believe this exercise was very good for me.  

It was important for me to understand value,
how it adds planes, structure, weight, and light.  

The illustration on page 105 of our textbook was
very helpful in getting me 

to see that there were more than
two or three shades in a sphere.   

 Illustration 4.22 was a great help as was 4.21.

 This is my gray scale and my white looks gray
 but I promise it is really white.

All of my photos of my still life objects
and my drawings of each one.

My sketch of several different set-ups.

 My final still life drawing.  

I found that the blending stump and the kneaded eraser
made things look a whole lot better. 

 Charcoal is still very messy.

I used a medium compressed stick
in a variety of ways and directions.