Drawing straight lines is the first thing people stumble over at the beginning of learning.
Especially if you learn to draw traditionally, starting with plaster primitives – cubes, cylinders, parallelepipeds. And even without geometric shapes, there are a lot of straight lines around – kitchen utensils, books, furniture outlines, room walls, buildings – a solid combination of straight lines.
The contours turned out to be crooked, they were erased with an eraser and drawn again. And erased again. Etc. As a result, an incredibly long time was spent on a drawing that can be done in an hour, not to mention the fact that he looked very tortured … That is, if a person had the strength to finish.I’ll tell you a secret, to draw a straight line in this way without a ruler, not that it’s impossible, but it’s difficult. I will tell you how I draw.
Even in round jugs and plates, even in portraits, it is necessary to draw axes of symmetry, otherwise the shape may “float” Drawing straight lines is actually very easy if you know how to hold a pencil and what movements to make.The schoolchildren with whom we started drawing (we started with a cube, as you might guess) usually did this: they took a pencil like a pen and very carefully drew the contours of the cube.
Even in round jugs and plates, even in portraits, it is necessary to draw axes of symmetry, otherwise the shape may “float” Drawing straight lines is actually very easy if you know how to hold a pencil and what movements to make.The schoolchildren with whom we started drawing (we started with a cube, as you might guess) usually did this: they took a pencil like a pen and very carefully drew the contours of the cube.
To begin with, stand up straight and try, without any pencil, with your palm or even a finger, to draw a line in the air in front of you, approximately at eye level. The movement must be wide and fast. Draw several of these lines in different directions. Do you feel your hand move? The impulse comes from the shoulder, the hand does not spin. Remember this move.Now you can try on paper.
It is better to fix the sheet vertically, as on an easel. Take the pencil by the tail, as in the second photo (hold the pencil). When you take the pencil in this way, it seems to become an extension of the hand. And draw straight lines with the same wide and quick movement from the shoulder. Do not strive for perfectly even, as if on a ruler, straight lines. It is important to consolidate the correct movement – the more confidently the hand moves, the more confident the lines will be.
You can hatch in the same way, and the direction of the hatching is very easy to change.
If we talk about the contours of a rectangular object, then it is unlikely that you will accurately draw them right on the first try. But this does not mean that you have to erase and redraw. Extra lines simply become part of the hatching. And if you need a clear line, you can then emphasize the exactly found straight line with a softer pencil.
