Fantasy Art School

Line Thickness and using your pencil effectively when drawing

One of the most important things to think about when you are drawing is that your pencil is capable of much more than a solid line. You can get a whole range of lines depending on how hard you press on the pencil. The Wooden Shield shown here is an example of the use of differing pressure when drawing. the metal around the rim and of the hub in the metal use dark lines and the wood that makes up most of the shield uses a combination of dark and light lines. You can see the wood grain with light lines and the places where the different boards meet are darker. Darker lines are also used on the area of the wood where there is a bit of shadow. It still has a wood grain but it is darker. Remember this when you are drawing.

Exercise: Practice drawing this Wooden Medieval Shield and focus on using differing amounts of pressure on the pencil to get different lines. Spend at Least One hour on this exercise. Draw common items you see around you and try to interpret these items using light and dark lines. Switch to using the side of the pencil.

For this lesson you do not have to worry too much about shading in the shield. You can see that I have used a bit of shading for the metal hub in the center of the shield. Don't worry about this for now. Our Next lesson is going to tackle this.

Continue on to the next Fantasy Art Lesson; Understanding shape by Drawing a Mace

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Fantasy Art Lessons

1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop

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