Drawing Geometric Shapes- Beginners Guide to Free Hand Drawing

1. Introduction : The genre of still life is one of the most famous and ancient. In order to draw beautiful drawings, you need to be able to draw the basic ones. In this class, we will learn how to create three dimensional sphere, cube, and cone. Hi, my name is Damini and I'm an artist from Mumbai. I have been teaching painting since 2018 and have taught thousands of students in physical workshops. If you are looking to develop your still life drawing skills or you're having trouble drawing objects accurately, then this class will help you in the right direction. Using a pencil and a paper, we are going to get started. The most effective method of making your drawings appear three dimensional is understanding the light and shadow. If line creates the proportions, handling of tone creates the form. By applying the principles of tone, light, and shade, you will improve the illusion of form in every drawing you do regardless of the subject. In this class, you will learn shading, toning, and smudging. You will learn about light and shadows. To know more about me, you can visit my website, www.thmsirgumart.com. You can find me on Instagram and Facebook at damsirgum dot ARD. 2. Practice : Welcome to the class. In this class, we are going to learn shading and smudging. So I've taken two sheets of paper and a pencil and an eraser. So we are going to create this vase using an HB pencil, and we are just going to use one pencil to make all the shading and all the effects. So before moving on to the actual drawing, first, we are going to practice various techniques that we are going to use. So take a separate sheet of paper where you can practice these techniques. So first, I'm starting with making a square, and then I'm going to fill in the square with the pencil strokes using horizontal lines. So just apply horizontal lines and fill out the entire box. Make sure there is no white paper visible anywhere. So I'm just using the pencil and wherever at the edges if there is any empty space visible, just apply a few rounded horizontal strokes to cover the side parts. So this is how we will have to fill the entire box with the horizontal strokes. Now, I'll take an eraser and I'll just erase the extra parts, any pencil lines that has come out of the box. So this is for practice. Now moving on to the second technique, we are going to create vertical lines. I have made a square and then I'm filling in the square with the vertical pencil lines. These are continuous lines. Here I'm just demonstrating with one square for each technique. You will have to practice them for about three to five boxes per technique so that you understand I now I'll just fill the side gaps or the side places where it is not covered with pencil, I will just make a few rounded strokes at the edge. And this is how you will have to fill in the entire box. And now taking an eraser, I will just erase any extra pencil lines which has come out of the box. Repeat this activity three to five times for each box. Now I will make another box. And in this box, we are going to apply horizontal as well as vertical lines. So first, starting with the horizontal lines, I will just fill in the entire square. And then using vertical lines, you're going to apply vertical lines within the box. So you will be able to see the difference what difference you get when you apply horizontal or vertical or the combination of both. And this is also for practice so that you're able to make any shading or sketching or any other technique Now we will learn shading. So I'm going to create a bigger box. And then I will start making horizontal lines, which are going to be darker at the start, and as we move downwards, they are going to get lighter as in you will have to apply less pressure as you go downwards. So I'm just filling in the side gaps now and I'm darkening the upper part of the box, and then I will go to the down part, and I'm going to repeat the process. It's going to be lighter strokes at the bottom and darker strokes at the top. And I will fill in the side gaps. So this is how sketching or shading is done. You see the difference from dark to light. When you apply darker strokes, you have to apply more pressure. As you come downwards, it's going to be less pressure with a pencil. And I'll erase the exterior any lines if there are any. Now we are going to learn smudging. So we are going to create vertical lines. We have to fill in the box. So on the upper side, it's going to be dark horizontal lines. Just fill in the upper part of the box with a pencil, and then we are going to use our fingertip to just smudge the lower part. So we are going to start to smudge and it's going to be a transition again from dark to light. So as you can see, the top part is darker and we are just smudging it so that it becomes lighter at the bottom and erase the remaining outer parts so that you get a clean, nice rectangular square. 3. Sketching Sphere: So we will start by creating a sphere. So first, we will draw a circle. The source of light falls on the top. So the shadow will fall on the bottom part. So this is a part where the shadow falls. So we are creating a C shape kind of. It's a curvy shape that we are creating. And then we are going to fill the shadow. So using pencil strokes, we are just going to fill that part up. This part gets the most shadow, so this is the most dark part. Now, as we move upwards, it gets lighter. There is lesser shadow on that part. So applying gentle pencil strokes, we are not applying a lot of pressure. We have to create light pencil strokes. Make sure to follow along the curve. It's a sphere. So we have to make the lines in the same curve. The bottommost part gets a little shadow, so we are just creating a few light pencil strokes there. And then we are going to use finger tip and just blend or smudge. So just smudge the strokes that we have applied so that the lines are not very clearly visible. And then we are going to create outline with the pencil. Using the pencil, we are just creating the outline. Also, these are the parts where a little bit of shadow falls. I have not created the outline everywhere on this sphere. The parts which does not have an outline does not get the shadow or the light falls directly over them. A Now we will make the shadow of the sphere. So the shadow falls on the ground. So we are going to create the shadow. The shadow is formed in a curvy round shape. So we are going to create that shape and then fill in that part with a pencil. So I'm just making the lines inside that shape and then we will smudge Take an eraser and erase any extra outlines that you may have made outside of the circle or outside of the shadow. So that's how we have created a three D sphere. 4. Sketching Cube: Now we will draw the cube. So first, we will make a square. Then we will make a side cube, but since it's located at the side, it's going to be positioned upwards. And then another covering at the top of the cube. And then with a pencil, we are going to fill this front part. So we are going to sketch horizontal lines. And then with the fingertip, we are just going to smudge it. Similarly, at the side, we are going to make horizontal lines, and then using a fingertip, we are going to smudge this part. The side part is going to be darkest because the shadow falls there, so it's going to be the darkest of all. E. And the top part would be the lightest because light falls directly on the top part. And now with the fingertip, we are going to smudge it, and I will make the side part a little more dark. Yes. Now we will make the shadow of the cube. So I'm just making the outline of it. Now we will smudge the shadow. A with the eraser, we are going to erase any extra lines or anything else that we might have created, so we get a nice, clean shape. And now using the pencil, we are going to create the outlines. So the outlines that we already see, we just have to darken them. So that's how we have created a three dimensional cube. No. 5. Sketching Cone: Now we will create the shape of a three dimensional cone. So first, we will create a triangular shape which is curvy at the bottom. So it's a long triangle, so pointed at the top, and then creating a curve at the bottom, because it's a cone. Now, this part is the one which gets a shadow. So we are going to create another line at the back side of it. We are going to create the pencil lines in the given direction because that is the shape of the cone. So it's curvy at the bottom, so we are going to apply the strokes in a curvy way. So follow along the shape of the curve. So the shadow falls on the bottommost part. Again, the source of light is coming from the top, so the top gets the light, and the shadow falls on the bottom. So as we move upwards, it's going to get pointed at the top. Now, the part on this side, the vertical line, that is the part which has the most shadow. So it's going to be the darkest. Now, moving to the bottom part, so the bottom part again, gets the most shadow, so it's going to be darker. And making the shadow darker at the side. Applying more of pencil strokes with some pressure so that it looks darker. Now with the fingertip, we will smudge, gently apply the pressure and just smudge. With the pencil, create the outline of the cone. Now we will create now we will make the shadow of the cone. The shadow is going to be in the shape of the cone. And then we are going to fill in that shadow of the cone with a pencil and just darken it. And then using fingertip, smudge. So that's how we have created a three dimensional cone.