Different Aspects of Drawing

Introduction

This project was… difficult (for me anyways.) this is probably because it was mainly focused on drawing in Sketches Pro, and… I can’t really draw. I had to explore different techniques which included using colour to make our drawings look better, we had to sketch and doodle, we used lights and shadows, and we drew different shapes and made a robot using lines and pressure. But HOW did I do all this? Read on if you want to find out.

Lines and Pressure

For the first section of the project, we had to explore the tool bar by testing out all of the different tools.

Then using the knowledge that we gained from playing around with the tool bar and talking with the class, we had to make block letters of a word or our name using a certain font and we had to use multiple techniques and tools to create it. I tried to focus on the colour blue, and I based my drawing off of it.

Emoji Art

For this aspect of art, we had to draw an emoji using colour, 2D shapes, and even some lighting. It was hard to think of something to draw for it, so I thought of something that I like doing. That’s when I came up with soccer, if I could combine the two, then I could make something like this:

I tried to emphasize the ball being headed with force by drawing waves where the ball was. The first time I drew it I didn’t have it and it seemed like it was missing something. We used 2D shapes to make the emoji, but for the next part, we used something a bit more complex.

Lights, Shadows, and 3D Shapes 

I think that this part was the most fun part of the project, but also one of the hardest. I enjoy drawing things in 3D because it shows depth and perspective on simple things and shapes. We started off by drawing shapes with the pencil and then we worked up to drawing things using the shapes. But first I should talk about the shapes we drew. I used the pencil tool to make shapes because it was good at shading. This is because the harder you press, the darker the line is, much like a real pencil. I had a hard time drawing the shapes at first because the lines weren’t very straight and sharp, but eventually I got the hang of it. I did this by trying with a ruler, and then putting what I learnt from that into the shapes.

Making a Logo

This was one of the more difficult drawings to make. It sounded quite simple. Make a logo. But it was more complex than that. It was difficult because thinking a name and a logo that fit the brand was hard. The other thing that made it a difficult task was that we had to think of everything ourselves and it had to be a completely original idea.

I tried to emphasize the blueness of the sky in my logo and the darkness of the mountains for contrast. I kept it simple because most mountain bike companies don’t have complex logos. If I could do anything again, I would take my time on the finer details so it looked less rushed.

Conclusion 

In conclusion, I realized how important this project will be for later on because I need to use the Apple Pencil in most of my projects to come. If you had shown me the drawings I had made before I started the project, I probably wouldn’t believe that I had drawn them. I learnt plenty of things in this project like how to use sketches pro, how to use colour fill, how to shade using the pencil tool, and even how to make a logo. Overall, this was a great project that I enjoyed doing. Thank you for reading this post, and if you liked it, check out the rest of my blog!