Gentle Giant

GENTLE Brenda Hoddinott O-01 INTERMEDIATE: CARICATURES Plan on having some productive fun giving Gentle an endearing facial expression. This caricature uses three different graduated shading techniques, squirkling, hatching, and crosshatching, to define the three- dimensional forms and the texture of a face, facial features, and short curly hair. This project is divided into the following two parts: ¾OUTLINING THE HEAD AND FACE: You render a contour drawing of all aspects of an endearing realistic human cartoon face by setting up your drawing format with a super simple grid of four squares, and then adding Gentle’s facial features, and outlining his hair and distinctive facial hair. ¾SHADING THE FACE AND HAIR: This fun caricature of an adorable male face uses various graduated shading techniques, to define three dimensional facial forms and the texture of short curly hair. You add the texture of his hair with squirkle graduations, and then use hatching lines to lay down a base of values on his face to identify the various facial forms. You enhance the features and add final touches with crosshatching graduations. The light source is from the right in this drawing, so the shading will be a little darker on the left. Suggested drawing supplies include good quality white drawing paper, kneaded and vinyl erasers, various graphite pencils such as 2H, 2B, HB, 4B, and 6B, and a ruler. This project is recommended for artists, aged twelve to ninety-nine, who have good drawing skills, as well as home schooling, academic and recreational fine art educators. 14 PAGES – 16 ILLUSTRATIONS Published by Hoddinott Fine Art Publishers, Halifax, NS, Canada - 2 - OUTLINING THE HEAD AND FACE In this part, you set up your drawing format and render a contour drawing of all aspects of an endearing realistic human cartoon face. Drawing format (sometimes called a drawing space) refers to the area of a drawing surface within a specific perimeter, outlined by a shape of any size, such as a square, rectangle or circle. Contour drawing (also called a line drawing) is comprised of lines which follow the contours of various sections of a drawing subject and define the outlines of its forms. 1) Draw a large square as your drawing space. 2) Measure the halfway point on each of the four sides of the square and mark them with dots. 3) Divide your drawing space into four equal sections to create a very simple grid, by connecting the opposite dots. Draw these lines VERY lightly because you have to erase them later! 4) Very lightly sketch a large oval shape as close as possible to the one in my drawing. This will be the outline of Gentle’s head. Use the grid lines inside the drawing space to visually measure spaces so both sides of the oval are the same shape and size (so his head isn’t lop-sided). ILLUSTRATION 01-01 Drawing circular shapes, so both sides are symmetrical, isn’t easy! Practice drawing curved lines on some scrap paper. Use the grid lines to measure the spaces, either visually or with a ruler. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web site http://www.finearteducation.com or http://www.drawspace.com - 3 - ILLUSTRATION 01-02 5) Use your kneaded eraser to lighten your sketch lines until you can barely see them. 6) Re-draw the outline of Gentle’s head with nice crisp lines. Don’t press too hard with your pencil. You have to erase two sections for his ears in the next step. Check that the size and shape of his head is the same size on both sides of the vertical center line. You can even measure with a ruler if you want to be really precise. ILLUSTRATION 01-03 7) Use your vinyl eraser to erase sections on either side of his head so you can add his ears. 8) Draw the ears. Look closely at their shapes. The tops stick out a little farther from the sides of his head than the bottoms. Rotate your paper, and look at your drawing from different perspectives. This little trick often allows you insight into any problem areas. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web site http://www.finearteducation.com or http://www.drawspace.com - 4 - ILLUSTRATION 01-04 9) Extend the line, which is outlining the tops of the ears, a little inward on his face. 10) Redraw the section of his face (beside his ears) a little closer to the center of his face than it was earlier. 11) Add an oval shape for his nose. Take note of its size and position in relation to the vertical and horizontal lines. ILLUSTRATION 01-05 12) Draw the outlines of his eyes. Take note that they are slightly above the center horizontal line. Looking at the reflection of the head and face in a mirror will help you see areas in need of fixing. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web site http://www.finearteducation.com or http://www.drawspace.com - 5 - ILLUSTRATION 01-06 13) Outline the hairline, which separates his hair from his face. This line is a little wiggly rather than smoothly curved. 14) Add the irises of his eyes inside the outlines. The upper and lower section of each eye is hidden under his upper and lower eyelids. 15) Outline the top of his lower lip. The ends of this line are directly below the outside edges of the irises. ILLUSTRATION 01-07 16) With gently curving lines, draw the creases of his upper eyelids above the eyes. They extend outward (toward the sides of his face) farther than the ends of his eyes. 17) Add the outlines of his eyebrows. Closer to the center they are thicker and curve upward. His eyebrows are an important component of his facial expression. 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