Learn to draw Santa in the classic Coca-Cola style pose. Everyone asks about the tools I use when I’m out using my sketchbook. here’s a video to show you what and how I use them.
Creating more complex drawings – A Table Lamp
Now we really can start putting all those simple shapes together, starting with a drawing of a lamp stand. You can think of a simple lampshade as a section of a cone, or you could think of it as a cylinder, one end of which has a diameter smaller than the other.
The lamp stand shaft is a narrow and simple cylinder standing on end, on top of a disk that makes up the base. In this case all three simple shapes could have been formed by rotating them around a central axis, as we learned in the lesson on rotated objects .
The horizontal lines in the 2D profile, or sideways elevation drawing, become circles as you look at the plan from above. To draw a 3D representation, we draw those circles as ellipses around the central axis. If you understand the plan, you can draw the lamp stand from any angle. Now turn simple stick-shaped shaft of the stand into the vase that we learned to draw in the last lesson. And maybe be a bit more adventurous with the lampshade. Now the drawing looks more 3D and also much more interesting.
Task: Draw thumbnail sketches of the lamp stand until you are confident you understand how to do it. Then try to draw it from different angles, maybe even from below – you may even have a go at drawing the light bulb fitting!
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How to draw a Rotated Object like a Vase
We can now start to put all the simple shape ideas we have learned into practice, and draw a 3D representation of a vase. A vase is just a tube that is closed at one end. The surface of the vase is swollen and shaped to make it look more interesting than a tin can or a coffee mug! Let’s imagine a 2D sideways view or elevation profile of a vase and place it between two upright, parralell lines – these represent the walls of a cylinder or the outside of a tube. If we sketch out a 3D cylinder we can draw a 3D representation of the vase “inside” the cylinder. The Video explains in more detail: With the axis going through the middle as a guide, the 3D profile can be drawn by imagining a series of ellipses that give shape to the vase. If you can draw a cylinder from any angle, then you can draw the Vase from any angle too. VaseTask: Draw your version of the vase, as was explained in the video, building the drawing up from inside a cylinder, Try drawing it from different angles. Maybe try a different shaped vase profile? Look around you for objects that have been thrown or turned. Look at them carefully. Work out where the central axis runs through the object. Try draw the objects. The index for this course is at http://www.shooraynerdrawing.com/..