#cirlces
6. Exercise - Circles between two lines
Use as: can be both, but more suited as an exercise
Purposes:
- loosening the shoulder
- preparation for proper sketching
- learning to sketch circles
- preparation for drawing circles in one stroke
- learning to use different grip variations (all art teacher tutorials urge you to draw with the overhand grip for fluent lines without interruptions)
How to:
There are basically two steps that need to be repeated:
- prepare a template page with horizontal lines with different distances from each other
- draw seveal circles within two lines (the circles can overlap, but try to draw real circles and not ovals, also make sure that the circles touche the lines but don’t cross them; try drawing the circlesin both directions and try using both the tripod grip and overhand grip)
Tips:
- the overhand grip works way better, the bigger the forms get and most tutors insist that you should only focus on it if you are a beginner or want to improve your sketching skills (I find it hard to do small circles and lines with the overhand grip, so I tend to switch to the tripod grip when the forms get too small, but if you can do it all the way through you should try to stick with it)
- do the lines in both directions; you will need to be able to do this later! (you can actually see that I make more mistakes in the counterclockwise direction)
- you are not drawing a beautiful picture, so don’t focus on perfect forms, focus on fluent strokes out of your shoulder, but still make sure to draw circles and not ovals
- try to touch the lines as good as possible but don’t be too slow, you need to draw all the circles in one stroke if possible
My humble experience so far:
Nice focusing exercise. I’m really bad at drawing fluent circles, so this exercise is like hell for me. But I believe if I get myself to do this exercise freaquently my circles will improve eventually. So, yes I would recommend this work-out.
Conclusion:
Good cirlce workout - does not necessarely work as a warm-up
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