Welcome to another Sketch Sunday.
Sketch Sunday: A True Story series
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Sketch Sunday: A True Story
Today’s Sketch Sunday drawing – This may very well become a series – watch this space 🙂
Drawn in 53 Paper with my JaJa stylus
Have you missed one of my Sketch Sunday drawings why not check out Funny Frog, Caricature or Cartoon Dog
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Sketch Sunday: Cartoon Dog
For Sketch Sunday, I have drawn a cartoon looking dog.
I used various pencils – 2H, HB and 2B
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Sketch Sunday: Cartoon Characters
For Sketch Sunday I thought I’d revisit a few cartoon characters I have drawn in the past using 53 Paper.
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Sketch Sunday: Caricature
For this Sunday Sketch I drew a caricature style figure and again looked at various shading and hatching techniques.
For this sketch I used the following:-
- Different grades of graphite pencils: 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B
- Strathmore Windpower Drawing Sketchbook
- a kneaded eraser
- pencil sharpener
First of all draw a square on your sketchpad as a border. This will help contain the drawing area and make it easier to keep the proportions aligned well for your caricature to sit and to help you shade the background easier.
Next with an HB pencil lightly sketch the outline of the hair. Add outlines to show the position of the ears. At the midway point add eyebrows and eyes.
Lightly sketch in the nose and mouth.
Outline the neck, the collar of the shirt and the shirt.
Before continuing check that you are happy with the position of all elements and amend anything using the eraser.
Now it’s time to add the shading using various pencils, such as HB, 2B, and 4B. For example, an HB makes lighter lines than 2B or 4B.
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Sketch Sunday: Funny Frog
As part of my new feature series, Sketch Sunday, I will sketch a new drawing and explain how I made it. My first sketch is a comical looking frog.
For this sketch I used the following:-
- Different grades of graphite pencils: 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B
- Strathmore Windpower Drawing Sketchbook
- a kneaded eraser
- pencil sharpener
- Q-tip
First I drew a square box on the paper to help contain the proportions of my sketch. I then drew a dividing line down the center as an aid to get the symmetry of the frog on either side.
I then drew the top half of his face and body and a couple of lines to mark where the legs and feet would go.
Two ovals become eyes. A slight curved line becomes a mouth with a couple of goofy teeth. I then erased all the guide lines and center marks so I was left with a plain frog sketch.
Next I used a 2B pencil to make some neat thin dark lines around the eyes, mouth and teeth. I then added some circles of different sizes that would become warts over his body. I finished off marking up the rest of the drawing with thin dark lines.
Next up is shading. First of all I used a HB pencil and added light shading to the frogs eyes, body, legs and feet. As I was shading I followed the contours of the lines, for example the curves in the eyelids. I continued in the same manner across the body and the legs with the darker shadows on the left and the lighter shadows on the right.
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The Drawing Pencil Guide
I’ve recently bought some Tombow Mono Pencils. They range from 4H to 6B but what do those numbers and letters mean?
Let’s find out in this quick Drawing Pencil Guide:-
The grading scale number first gives a clue of how hard the graphite in the pencil will be. The higher the number, the harder the graphite, and the lighter the mark will be on the paper. The higher the number, the darker the mark will be on the paper and the graphite in the pencil will be softer.
The second grading scale on the pencil is the letter. The letter H indicates a hard pencil whilst the letter B indicates the blackness of the pencil and a softer graphite pencil.
The letter F is the middle point pencil sitting between HB and H and has a very fine point. This pencil has a limited amount of graphite and more clay in the mixture.
A 4B pencil would be softer than a 2B and a 3H harder than an H.
Hard – 4H to 3H
Medium Hard – 2H to H – This pencil makes light marks. It is good for drawing details and preliminary drawings that are not permanent
Medium – F to HB
Medium Soft – B to 2B Â – good for outlines
Very Soft – 5B to 6B – these pencils make dark softer marks.
Soft – 3B to 4B
The B pencil is good for medium to light shading and the 2B for medium to dark shading. You can get more variety of shading from using the B pencils depending on the pressure used.
The H pencil is the harder grade and is good for fine, light and some shading.
I’m looking forward to testing them out.
I hope you found this drawing pencil guide useful. Other art related articles you may be interested in:-
Sketching in the Wolfsonian
The Best Stylus
Drawings and Doodles on Tumblr
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The Leopard
Drawn using Artrage, the iPad and the JaJa Stylus
Did you know?
Leopards are nocturnal.
Male leopards are up to 50 per cent larger than females.
They don’t roar as loud as lions, but leopards can also purr.
King John kept leopards in the Tower of London in the 13th Century.
Leopards can take prey as large as antelopes, but will also eat dung beetles and other insects.
They are famously good at climbing up trees, and down – they often descend head first.
A male leopard can drag a carcass three times its own weight – including small giraffes – six metres up at tree.
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The Key
The Key – a drawing in response to this weeks Sketching Fire Sketchbook Challenge – Key
I used the application Artrage on my iPad to draw the key with my Ja Ja stylus. You can find out more about which stylus I use here.
If you liked this drawing you may like to check out Drawings and Doodles on Tumblr
