tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220865105573981879.post904678532060725283..comments2024-03-28T14:13:13.039-07:00Comments on Fueled by Clouds & Coffee: Single Line at Gas Works ParkMiataGrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00727208043312788510noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220865105573981879.post-25775314271810948062015-09-11T05:13:53.157-07:002015-09-11T05:13:53.157-07:00Great post, Tina, and great sketch results. I'...Great post, Tina, and great sketch results. I'm seeing lots of people trying the single-line method, or rather interpreting what it is. It seems to me that if doing one took you as long as it takes you to do a regular sketch, you've missed the point a bit. I did the same thing in some of the ones I posted. But this isn't a method for creating what you're already creating. It's about working (and finishing) really quickly. The end result should have a lot less detail than your normal sketches. That's a good deal of the point of it in my opinion.<br /><br />I really think the big problem is the assumption that this is "similar to a blind contour." With a blind contour emphasis is on moving the pen, slowly, along the contour without looking at your paper. Emphasis is placed on following those contours exactly. "Draw your hand, moving your eye and hand simultaneously along the contour." <br /><br />Blind contour is a slow process, whereas single-line is supposed to be a fast process. If you watch Marc, he draws an entire scene in a minute. He adds the darks in less than a minute, so after two minutes, all the ink work is finished. I think he's right that you've got to do a bunch of these very quick exercises before they start looking like anything reasonable. <br />larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499637631503513759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220865105573981879.post-6517137941299367382015-09-10T14:27:54.645-07:002015-09-10T14:27:54.645-07:00Thanks, Joan! This sketch was my usual 6x9, and I ...Thanks, Joan! This sketch was my usual 6x9, and I agree that a bigger sketch to work on would have made the painting part easier. The devil is in the details! ;-)MiataGrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727208043312788510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220865105573981879.post-70390020248392338092015-09-10T13:58:38.787-07:002015-09-10T13:58:38.787-07:00I like seeing your sketch as it progressed from th...I like seeing your sketch as it progressed from the single line, to shaded, to wc added. I can't imagine doing all that pipe detail that is in the photo. Nice job! I don't know what size you were sketching these, but I didn't have a lot of success with the "charging in" either. I think he was working on a much larger sketch so he was able to do small amounts of paint for details and leave a lot of white areas and just had more surface area to play with the paint. I think the single line technique (once I perfect it) is a handy way of sketching quickly when I don't have a lot of time, especially if I am with other people. I can pop off for a few minutes to do a quick sketch. I think I still put too much detail in the single line sketches I've done...but I seem to have a hard time leaving out details. lol (I'm the recording secretary for one of my art groups and I do the same thing with the minutes of the meeting...which is a good thing I think.)Joan Tavolotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290923567339587417noreply@blogger.com