- pencil is best for hatching and pen best for dots/stippling. Both work for line.
- Hatching and stippling work well to create tone. I found stippling and line work well to create pattern and texture.
- I did enjoy capturing detail but at times I found it frustrating and I do tend to give the impression of what I see rather than a literal drawing. I believe I am more inclined to draw large and less detailed though I havent practised this a lot.
- Though I was focusing on one subject at a time in this section, I feel its good to draw more than one of the same thing, for example a few leaves or two halves of a cabbage. One solitary item on a page isn't as good.
Research Point : Find drawings by two artists who work in contrasting ways, from tight, rigorous work to a more sketchy, expressive style
I looked up Lucien Freud whose life and portrait work I find interesting. I wanted to see if I could find any drawings from nature by him. There was a news article about some of his drawings which are up for auction at Sothebys and Christies soon. These included :
Gorse Sprig 1944 Coloured Pencil and Crayon
Cacti and Stuffed Bird 1943 Pencil and Crayon
In his early work it seems Lucien Freud worked in a rather tight and controlled, detailed way. At least these two drawings show that.
It was hard to find a well known artist drawing nature in an expressive way. I came across Ellsworth Kelly an American painter who is best known for his big, bright abstract paintings. Less well know however are his figurative drawings of plants and flowers. Here are two examples. I would call them more sketchy and expressive.
