Tina Berning
I find this illustration really interesting in the way that the whole figure isn't shown. It is so simplified and confident in its line quality that the viewer can and will fill in the blanks. The slight variation in texture towards the right-hand side of the skirt alludes to a casting of light, giving tonal value. This image is loose and therefore full of character, personality, charm and the hand of the maker.
Ping Zhu
The speediness of the line quality really shows here in terms of where the ink shows through and where it doesn't. This quickness in Ping Zhu's sweeping motions has created an atmosphere of blustering wind, an injection of heat or coldness, emotion and motion. There is a definite different between the outline of the characters and their guitars as opposed to the hair and outfits which provides variation and separation of elements in a successful way. Again, this is full of personality - not drawing accurately and having a quirky slant to the images.
Seven Primary Functions of Line
• To convey its own intrinsic beauty
• To divide or limit an area or space
• To delineate a thought or symbol
• To define form by edge or contour
• To catch and direct the eye over a given course
• To produce a grey or tonal gradation
• To create design or arrangement
"Creative art begins with creative line.Creative line can only be the line as you see it and prefer to draw it. Projecting literal contours and artificial means can only result in stifling your most valuable asset - individuality. Draw from copy as you would from life. Have always the courage to draw it yourself."
Andrew Loomis (1947)
• Drawing as you see it
• Line, in its purest form, is drawing
• Learn how to draw through doing
• It is impossible to reach people how to draw. There is no standard for good drawing.
• Good drawing can be defined by the unique craft of its maker, the context it exists within and how it communicates a message.
• Skill in any craftwork can be improved
• What makes a line interesting? How do we make it?
• Let your drawings evolve and mutate
• Today's session allowed me to have a lot of freedom, outside my sketchbook, which I took advantage of. I enjoyed feeling like I could draw any way I wanted with any tool. I drew with my dominant hand, with my left hand and even with my mouth! Bonkers!
• As a mature student who has been drawing since they could hold a pencil, it was beneficial to approach basic shapes and lines with varying movements, feelings, emotions, thoughts and consideration - approaching the task with different systems in place than those I normally use.
30 Drawings Task
• I enjoyed the session so much, that I completed my 30 line drawings that same evening!
• I approached my motif with an open-mind in terms of representing different aspects of the horse - from the general shape to the movement to just the floral decorations.
• I wanted to experiment with different shapes and forms, different movements and different qualities to really have fun with the thick, textured brush I enjoyed using in the session.
• My ink brush pen, which is drying out slightly, has allowed me to employ what I enjoy about Ping Zhu's illustrations above and be really playful and approach image-making in a way I would never have even considered previously. There is so much expression, a sense of melodic motion, sweeping gestures and majesty and grace!
• This has been such a transformative moment for me! Viva ink brush pen!
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