Evening Drawing
Week 11: One Line Drawing
Helena Lukášová, Hana Pokojná

One-line- why?
•We focused on measuring for past few weeks
•Now it’s time to draw intuitively
•Simple technique
•Great for letting your hand and perfectionist self go
•Less precise, more chaotic but also has character
•Shorter drawing sessions but with more focus
Portrait by Kris Tappenies
Kris Trappeniers continuous line. Experiment by drawing over a portrait on a transparency. |
Drawings, Art, Portrait

How?
•Look at the model and create composition in your mind on the paper
•Hover above paper with the tip of the pencil in fluid motions
•Start somewhere- anywhere!
•Move to some other part you find interesting cross the paper
•Continue this until you can’t continue… or are told to stop
•At first it will look like a messy splodge, abstractions aren’t bad
•Then move to moving around darker parts- darker splodges
•Gradually return to dak parts and detail
•Yes-still in one go
Abstract portrait by Robert Yaeger
Abstract Portrait Continuous Line Drawing 3970 Beach Towel for Sale by Robert Yaeger

Splodges gradually gain form
A sketch of a human brain Description automatically generated with low confidence A picture
containing text, businesscard, stationary, envelope Description automatically generated A drawing
on a wall Description automatically generated with low confidence

Your turn
•Yes, just one line
•No, no erasers
•BUT the results are nice and it’s fun to do ☺
•If you pick up the pencil from the notebook it’s ok, but get back into the momentum
•We will start with a whole body- try to capture the silhouette, the character. Make sure the model
is recognisable based on figure and without face or any details
•Later in the lesson we will do portraits, once your hand is at ease