Drawing Basics
When learning to draw you must train your__________________, __________________, and _________________to work together.
Contour means "_______________________" in French.
Outline.
What is value?
What are the primary colors
Red, Blue, Yellow
Good artists can focus on the __________________ and what makes up the subject of their artwork to allow them to recreate it.
Details
What is a blind contour drawing?
Drawing an object while only looking at the object and not the paper.
How many values are there on the value scale?
9
What is texture?
The something feels or looks like it feels.
When you first start drawing it's easy to draw what __________________
you know
Without value, objects would be_______________and _____________________.
flat and lack depth.
Name at least two of the five types of lines
Vertical, horizontal, zig-zag, diagonal, curved.
It takes___________________and________________ to train your eye to send details to your brain for your hand to recreate.
Time/Patience, practice
How many times should you be looking back at your paper in a 5 minuet span of drawing?
40
What are the 4 techniques we use to shade things?
stippling, blending, hatching, crosshatching.
What are complementary colors? (definition)
Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
Draw what you _______________________ not what you __________________
see, know
A contour line drawing is drawing the ________________ to define the object without adding any______________
Outline, Shading
Name the 4 things that all objects with shadows/values have.
Highlight, midtone, core shadow, cast shadow.
What is the difference between an organic and geometric shape?
Geometric shapes are common shapes with straight lines such as squares and triangles. Organic shapes are shapes with curvy lines and do not have names.