Drawing and Sketching

Today’s Plan Free Hand Sketching Circles Letters & Numbers

Drawing Tools Drafting Board Pencil – Mechanical preferably T-Square 60 ° or 45 ° Triangle Eraser Brush

Free Hand Sketching Some Key Points to remember when free hand sketching: Do not hold the pencil too tight Do not PUSH the pencil – “trail” it along Try and maintain even pressure

Free Hand Sketching Some Key Points to remember when free hand sketching: Turn page to accommodate your natural range of motion Look just ahead of the pencil in the direction of where you want the line to go

Exercises

Sketching Circles When sketching a circle, start by sketching a square

Sketching Circles Then divide the square up into QUARTERS

Sketching Circles Then draw your circle one quarter at a time

Exercises

Letters & Numbers Letters & Numbers on a drawing have to be NEAT and LEDGIBLE! ALWAYS in CAPS – rarely in lower case. Good lettering & numbering takes PRACTICE

Exercises

Horizontal Lines Horizontal lines are drawn using the T-Square

Vertical Lines Vertical lines can also be drawn using the T-Square

Vertical Lines More commonly, vertical lines are drawn using the 45  or 60  Triangles

Angle Lines Angle lines are drawn using the 60  or 45  angle triangles and T- Square

Angle Lines All common angles of the 180  spectrum can be drawn using the 45  and 60  triangles

Exercises