Compasses shaded

I tried to use three tones: dark, mid-tone and the white of the paper. The tonal range isn’t enough, really. Also, there was not enough contrast between mid-tone and white. Going back to earlier experiments it look like 6B, 2B and white would be better. I was just using a 2B for the shading.

Compasses

Another issue with line drawing is that the highlight are often on edges, which is exactly where you’ve drawn a line! I’ll have to rub out the line if I’m going to shade the drawing, or make the lines fainter (but then I won’t be able to scan the line drawing).

Bottle stopper shaded

I tried a bit of old school shading, like a wood engraving. I need to find quick ways to add shade that don’t need water-based media. These don’t work well with my cheap print paper. I’ll experiment with pencil shading styles.

Bottle stopper

Bottle stopper

Very difficult to draw these concentric circles accurately. You have to keep drawing the entire circle lightly rather than the visible arcs. Also it helps to turn the picture upside down or look at in a mirror to see the irregularities.

Bottle stopper

Comb

Again, I chose something with lots of repetition, to see how I would do that. I lost concentration towards the end and the shape of the last teeth isn’t quite right. It’s better than my hair brush drawing, though. I just have to keep looking and not get lulled into drawing the same shapes without checking if they are right.

Comb

Kiwi fruit with ink

I added a wash of sepia ink but it was hard to keep an even tone. The paper varied in how it absorbed the ink. Still, adding texture marks distracted from that and even made it look arty.

Kiwi fruit

Kiwi fruit

I tried to darken the line to indictae tone, with no great success. Need to work on getting smoother lines – have a less cluttered workspace, perhaps, so my arm and hand can move freer.

Kiwi fruit

Metronome

Keep forgetting to use a darker pencil! Need to keep spending more time getting the bacic dimensions and angles right.

Rushed the central insignia due to children fighting.

Metronome