Class 1:

Tools and Techniques

• Types of pencils, and the most important eraser you’ll ever need, the Kneaded Eraser

• Choosing your surface (paper)

• Gripping your pencil offers control

• What kind of lines to make and how

• The effectiveness of hatching & cross-hatching using layers

Sketchbook 1: Creating Tone with Cross-Hatching

Tools: 2H, HB, 2B (Kneaded eraser in hand or nearby)

1. 30 min warm-up drawing: Tone level 1, 2, 3…and beyond

2. Understand light source, line-weight, hatching & crosshatching

3. 1 hr. drawing: put it all together (discussion, critique, guidance)

SUBJECT: cubes, shoebox, shapes on table, still life, etc.

Drawing canisters, jars, cubes, spheres, and various flat surfaces to explore gradients of light and dark with cross hatching

• Create gradient tone guide bar at top of your page
  (all pencils, demo needed)

• Lightly pressured under drawing (2H)

• Rough outline shadows (2H)

• Building first hatching layer using contour and same direction technique (2H)

• Hatch layer 2 adding tone: where, why, and how? (2H)

• Layer 3 hatching for dense tone, darker shadows; stand back, squint, you’ll see the areas needing to be darker (HB)

• The Dark Side. Build darkest tones final touch (2B or 3B)

Congratulations!