Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inDrawing Basics

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Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

9.9K

Course In Progress

Assignments 1.3K

Downloads 8

In this project, we'll practice organizing line weight in our drawings.

Level 1 - Trace

Trace over the provided linear version of the photo to avoid getting distracted by proportions. Trace it twice, using two different line weight approaches discussed in the last video:

Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
Shadows and light direction method - Reference the original photo to identify the shadows.

Note: Don't use the depth and form method yet.

Level 2 - Draw from Observation

Level 2 students, in addition to the tracing exercise, try to trace it again, but imagine the light coming from a different direction IF you’re ready for that.

Then, draw from observation, focusing on line weight. Choose objects around you and draw as many as you'd like. If you draw a landscape with a clear foreground, middleground, and background, you can use the depth approach to line weight.

Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (4/13/2023)

@wildwolf531

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20h

Here are my first attempts. The light and shadow one was definitely the most difficult.

Noah Myburgh

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I attempted to follow along with Stans demo (organising line weight bye Depth and form) and tried implementing the concepts and techniques I picked up on with other references. It was difficult to imitate Stans overhand hand positioning since he is right handed and I am left. If I’m honest I’m not to happy with how these turned out, although they are an improvement compared to my last attempt. I’m unsure if I managed to effectively convey depth and form in my own attempts. critiques are more than welcome.

Melanie Scearce

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Yes, these are very successful, especially the first pair of shoes! The way you've used line weight is perfect. I like the use of overlap in the second pair of shoes, and I think if you applied that idea a bit more in the first pair, you'd define the form more. Great work overall :)

@eyeeatlight

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The first picture is importance, second is light. I really enjoyed this assignment. I found harder than I expected to work out the hierarchy of importance, and with the light it was hard to fight the urge to just fill in with whole blocks of shadow! On another note its a change for me using digital, and I really enjoyed that too!

@deepanshu12

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@brimarie

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A great exercise. I realized that I haven't paid attention to the thickness of the line so far - line work is soo effective.

Carmen Ciumber

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Second rhino has light from the leftside of the body, so i let the lines that fall in the light with less weight.

@petui123

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Using the shadow and light method, I try to identify the lightest and darkest parts of the shape.

Richard W

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Melanie Scearce

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Nicely done 👍

Apollo

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19d

my only note is i feel like i'm really making it harder on myself with traditional materials with a death grip and no slanted surface where i have to think about these things, instead of doing it digitally where it's automatic for me to hold the stylus properly of course i'm taking the course to get better at these things but man it's humbling

Ben Johnston

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20d

This is my first digital submission and wow! Talk about learning a new skillset!! It took me way longer than I expected just to get used to the brushes. The first image is the importance method and the second is the light direction with the light source placed at the left of the rhino. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Apollo

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19d

haha I'm going from digital to traditional and it's just as difficult!! your lines are very well organized to highlight the silhouette of the rhino in the first one, the second is also very intentional with the placements where shadow would be so i think you did great!

Blex

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20d

ok think i might have gone too light in some places, was working with some bad papper for tracing but think it turned out ok.

Blex

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19d

darkend the edges here and there a little.

@621

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22d

@araka

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23d

Small printer issue with the rhino, I couldn't figure out how to fix it quickly so I made do :) For the other drawings, it's first the theme of importance, then light. Thank you and have a good day everyone.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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23d

These are great! Keep making more!!

@atv

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25d

i keep forgetting to go print the drawings xD, so I just tried to draw them. I will try again after watching the demo. Still trying to understand how to show shadow and light.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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24d

You don’t necessarily need to trace them! These look way more interesting. Just stretch the lightweights further

J D

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25d

Hierarchy of importance then shadow. I usually think of the horns being the most characteristic part of a rhino so I made that the darkest in the hierarchy of importance exercise. Excuse the warm-ups around the first rhino I’m filling up the pages around my exercises with that stuff.

Victor ABELLARD

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25d

Here is my assignment! I did the light and shadow one twice because i wasn't satisfied with the first one i did. The demo was really helpful 😊

Rayden

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26d

Did the assignment

Christian Peitler

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26d

My Assignment, I have no clue if this is right or not :).

Martha Muniz

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23d

Looks good! Very clear choices for Light & Shadow!

Neo Diamond

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28d

Went really messy on the first couple. Definitely not perfect but I think it captured the basic concept.

Wesley

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27d

Definitely. But try to loosely trace not thicken lines. it really helps me

Noah Myburgh

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28d

I tried applying the combining line weight video to this project. I enjoyed how Stan distributed and combined his line weight in the video, but I have been struggling exploring new amalgamations. Does anyone else know another process wich effectively combines line weights? critiques are more than welcome.

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Stan Prokopenko

Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.