Week 1 - Reinforcing Skills Line and Line Weight

This week I reinforced my knowledge and practice my skills regarding line and line weight.

I first drew a thumbnail in order to have a general view of my composition and make sure I know how to fit it into the page. Still, I must admit I had some problems in this part, but the use of grids helped a lot. I chose not to draw the garlic because I felt that from the angle I viewed the composition, it wouldn’t add much to it. I also decided that I would try to make the flowers slightly bigger than they are in reality, in order to direct the attention towards them, since I believe they are the most interesting part of the composition and good subjects for a line and line weight themed drawing.

I sketched the vase and flowers first, since they take the most part of the page and are the focus point of the composition. I had too little space left on the left side so I moved the frame line a bit farther out.

After sketching the rest, I realised the pineapple was touching the edge of the frame too so I moved that a bit farther down too and shortened the pineapple leaves. I later changed the shape of the stems to more organic and rounded forms since they were too angular.

I then started adding the details and line work. I conveyed the darker areas through thicker, darker lines and used lighter ones for the objects that are further away or less of an interest point. I concentrated the details into the flowers mostly and a bit in the vase too.

This is the final result: