Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inDrawing Basics

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Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

10K

Course In Progress

Assignments 1.4K

Downloads 8

In this project, we'll practice organizing line weight in our drawings.

Level 1 - Trace

Trace over the provided linear version of the photo to avoid getting distracted by proportions. Trace it twice, using two different line weight approaches discussed in the last video:

Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
Shadows and light direction method - Reference the original photo to identify the shadows.

Note: Don't use the depth and form method yet.

Level 2 - Draw from Observation

Level 2 students, in addition to the tracing exercise, try to trace it again, but imagine the light coming from a different direction IF you’re ready for that.

Then, draw from observation, focusing on line weight. Choose objects around you and draw as many as you'd like. If you draw a landscape with a clear foreground, middleground, and background, you can use the depth approach to line weight.

Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (4/13/2023)

Rémy Bernard

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17h

Hey fellow students. On this one I decided to copy the picture rather than printing it because of lack of printer. I wouldn't recommand it because the decision of including or not this or that wrinkle took a bit over the task of line weight. So I ended up rushing it. Still going forward into the course. I'll try to apply that to sketching around.

Alice Charlington

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my try at shadows and hierarchy of importance

Rachel Dawn Owens

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Really nice line quality!

Ella

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@syncere

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Here are my two attempts on “Hierarchy of importance” and “Shadow and Light”. My only question is how I should approach doing these on my own? Should I print the photos I take and do what I’ve done with these? Or should I try from observation?

Rémy Bernard

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17h

Hey fellow student, I would say it's up to you ! As Stan is saying in the demo, it's good to practice juggling one ball at a time before adding the others. But also, if you really want to draw something that you like from scrap or make something from imagination, I think you should do it ! Obviously it's not going to be as realistic as this one because you'll be juggling way more than one ball at a time. But hey, it's all about exploring :)

Adam Davis

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My two passes.

Rémy Bernard

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17h

Hey Adam, you'll see in Stan's demo: you can go so much thicker on the major lines to create even more contrast with thinner lines. Nice work anyway

@hampop

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Picture 1 is with new light source and 2 is hierarchy of importance.

Daniel Divinus

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I feel like I need a lot more practice with line weight.

Hans Heide Nørløv

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went a little exaggerated with these, but i think i still got the point of the exercise. any critiques would be great!

Rémy Bernard

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17h

I don't think it's exagerated, it's really good ! I'd say you kind of lacked line quality on the hierarchy of importance drawing. Having some straight lines along the curvy lines would add some variety. Well done !

Darth Illustrator

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Project Organising line weight Hierarchy Method and Light and Shadow method. struggling to transition line from light to dark. I draw a light line and then come and dark the parts of line needed to be dark, making a abrupt change.

Melanie Scearce

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Looking good @Darth Illustrator! The transitions can be smoothed out by using tapered strokes. You can also try varying the line weight at certain points on the line by increasing or decreasing pressure on your pencil. This creates an interesting visual effect of deepening the skin folds.

Sofy

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11d

Charcoal drawing from observation:

Sofy

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11d

Invented light source:

Sofy

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12d

Sofy

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12d

2nd try on hierarchy of importance because I felt I needed to push it more

Oscar

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14d

1st attempt. I'd appreciate any feedback.

@serhouse

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14d

Level 1 and Level 2 assignments before the demo. I would be grateful for any feedback to the level 2—imaginary light—exercise.

Sofy

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11d

hey, we picked the same position of the light source! I think yours look really good. Looking at it I'm realizing I could've gone thinner on some of my lines.

Serena Lee

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14d

I love it! You did a great job on organizing the lines!

Martha Muniz

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14d

Nice work, especially w Level 2! Looking solid.

Marcin Ch

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18d

This one was very cool, especially after watching the demo my toolbox expanded by a lot. Please take a look at my both and after the demo and share your thoughts, in case you have time and will be so kind to express them.

@serhouse

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14d

Love how bold the lines have become, definitely looks more voluminous at the second attempt

Daniel

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18d

This was a very interesting project, I didn't understand a lot about line weight besides the basics so it was very insightful. I definitely need more practice and can improve, so feedback is appreciated.

folk

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19d

my attempts before watching the critique part

Lily A

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20d

These are my first attempts before watching the demo—I decided to try them digitally. The shadows and light were a bit confusing at times, but it was fun.