Tag: drawing
Drawing Rotated Objects
Turning a piece of wood round very quickly on a lathe has, for a very long time, been been a simple way to add style, shape and decoration to what would otherwise look like a stick! Chairs and table legs, candlesticks and wooden bowls have all been made in this way, so it is good…
Drawing Spheres – Part 2
Why are spheres so useful when drawing? Well… many objects, people’s heads for instance, are basically spheres. If you fix in your mind, those three lines, that encircle a sphere at 90 degrees to each other, then you are well on the way to drawing 3D representations of almost any object you will ever want…
Drawing Spheres – Part 1
A sphere is made from millions of circles that all share the same diameter or central axis line. This is how the world spins on it’s axis and how we separate the world into lines of longitude and latitude. Imagine the Earth, spinning in space, and draw an imaginary line all the way around from…