THE QUICKEST WAY TO ADD
TONE OR SHADING
IS BRUSH AND WASH
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WITH WASH Wash drawing is a quick and attractive way to draw any subject. We will begin by using wash as a neutral tone and enhancing the wash with some detail using a special “wet-dry" pencil. Although any subject can be drawn using this method; we will concentrate on drawing the human body as a subject since this is a skill area which requires some special practice and study. MATERIALS AND MEDIA TO USE 1. Watercolor box and soft brush 2. Soft brush 3. Water supply 4. 7 ½ x 11 white paper 5. Wet-dry pencil 6. Blotter toweling PROCEDURES (please read and follow carefully) 1. Rinse water color tin under running water to refresh the cakes of color. 2. Get water in a small container, get a paper towel 3. Mix colors on the lid, using it as a pallette. Caution: A wash must be fluid (watery) and transparent. Therefore do not apply tones directly from the water color cakes. 4. Mix two or more colors to make a wash tone. NOTE: We are not doing a color painting! We are using a neutral tone that is created by mixing colors together. Example of mixed tones: green plus brown, blue plus orange; purple plus brown, etc. 5. Using a photo subject for the model (other options can be considered like having students pose for each other.) Using the soft brush, lightly brush in a tone to make an incomplete silhouette of the figure or form. Areas of the subject that are light toned or white may be free from wash tone. (See example above) This method is intended to light and sketchy. It should look as though it was done easily. 6. Use your wet dry pencil to bring some details or darker edges. You will notice that the wet-dry pencils blend in to the wet wash in a very interesting way. 7. Do one figure sketch on each page. Change source pictures. Sign each page neatly with pencil. |
Updated 04-2024