Lesson 2: Line An Essential Ingredient.
Define The Working Space
- Before you begin define the space within which you will be drawing.
- I don't mean your studio space...(getting a studio space ready is the topic for a whole essay!) I mean on the page itself.
- Conventionally we do this by drawing a light border.
- A good rule of thumb is to draw the lines 10mm in from the edge of the page.
- Do this sides and top.
- The bottom is wider - 20mm from the bottom edge.
- The reason we add a little more at the bottom is to make it appear heavier thus more stable.
It helps the drawer
- to see the relationship between positive and negative space. Spatial Issues.
- to judge size against another area
- to get used to the idea of cropping
- and to become used to the purpose of framing and edging of drawings.
These are complex ideas each and every one of them. They will not be dealt with extensively within the context of this course because they are the subject matter of an entire course in themselves. I will briefly touch on them though when we discuss culminating exercises in the last lesson.
