5. Draw a square for the mug. Keep your straight lines for the next step.
6. Add two curved lines above and below the straight line at the top.
Draw a curved line below the line at the bottom.
7. Go back and erase some of the shaded areas on the handle to indicate where the light hits.
I wanted to share a short how-to-draw with you. I need your opinion. Should this post have written instructions? (I have updated this post with a few written instructions - thanks for your feedback).
I want to start a drawing series so please let me know!
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It was very clear up until the very last step. So maybe a little more about the shading would be great! It almost looks like you used water soluble graphite. I can't really tell.
ReplyDeleteHi Grace! I have added a few instructions so I hope it helps. Thanks for your feedback.
DeleteHehehe, GREAT post, I'll never understand why it's so difficult to get the proportions of a cup right. It would seem so easy but the angles of the circles really can make a cup wonky. Yours is absolutely beautiful. I love the shading. Visiting from AEDM.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer! I think the straight lines keep my cup in line. You should use a t-square when you draw. I started using one and it's really helped me.
DeleteI would love a drawing series. I would also love something in writing so I would have a second layer of "how-to's" perhaps because I don't trust my own abilities.
ReplyDeleteGot it Julie thank you!
DeleteThe change from the square top to the ellipse on the cup needs some explanation, I think.
ReplyDeleteVicki I took your advice! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteThank you I have added written instructions. Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteLove your sketches, Danielle. You are very talented!
ReplyDeleteDreamt that I was in an art class and the teacher asked us to draw a coffee mug but didn't give any directions. Woke up and found you on Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteNot sure why you draw straight lines in Step 5. but I will play with it.
Thank you!