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INTRODUCTION | pagedos

chapterOI Drawing Materials and Skills | pageoio

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CHOOSING YOUR DRAWING MATERIALS

THE CRAFT OF DRAWING

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PRACTICING FREEHAND SMOOTH CURVES

Drawing curves through multiple points

PRACTICING FREEHAND ELLIPSES

DRAWING ELLIPSE ON THE MINOR

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PHYSICAL PARALLEL LINES CONVERGE TO A COMMON VANISHING POINT

HORIZON LINE RELATIVE TO POSITION

DIVISION AND MULTIPLICATION OF DIMENSIONS IN PERSPECTIVE

Dividing a rectangle in half, in perspective

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MULTIPLYING AND DIVIDING RECTANGLES

DIVIDING INTO ODD-NUMBERED PROPORTIONS

MIRRORING IN PERSPECTIVE

MIRRORING TILTED PLANES

MIRRORING ROTATED, TILTED PLANES

MIRRORING 2D CURVES

MIRRORING A 2D CURVE ON A TILTED SURFACE

MIRRORING 3D CURVES IN PERSPECTIVE: THE 2-CURVE COMBO

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PERSPECTIVE GRID CONSTRUCTION 1 -Poin^ Grid Construction with Vanishing Points on the Page

DIAGONAL VANISHING POINT (DVP), STATION POINT METHOD

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2-POINT GRID CONSTRUCTION WITH VANISHING POINTS ON THE PAGE

ROTATED 2-POINT GRIDS WITH SAME-SIZED SQUARES

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TRANSFERRING SCALE IN PERSPECTIVE

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CREATING A GRID OF SQUARES, WITHOUT DIAGONAL VANISHING POINTS

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ELLIPSE BASICS AND TERMINOLOGY Ellipse anatomy

PLACING A CIRCLE IN PERSPECTIVE OR DRAWING ELLIPSES Placing ellipses on surfaces

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HINGING AND ROTATING FLAPS AND DOORS

SUBDIVIDING ELLIPSES

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SHORTCUTS TO DIVIDING ELLIPSES 5-spoke wheel construction subdivision

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PLANNING BEFORE PERSPECTIVE

ORTHOGRAPHIC VIEWS, A.K.A. ORTHOGONAL VIEWS OR DRAFT VIEWS

TRANSFERRING A SIDE VIEW INTO PERSPECTIVE

ADDING RADII AND FILLETS (FIL'-ITZ)

WRAPPING GRAPHICS

DETAILING AND SCULPTING SURFACES

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AIRPLANE ANATOMY

VISUAL RESEARCH

DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION

LOOSE CONCEPT SKETCHING

"PAPER PLANE" IDEATION

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FLEXING YOUR CREATIVITY

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BASIC BODY SCULPTING

WHEEL WELLS, WHEELS AND TIRES IN PERSPECTIVE

COMMON AUTOMOTIVE LINES

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CAR DRAWING CONSTRUCTION, STEP-BY-STEP GRID

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GRAPHITE PENCIL

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PILOT HI-TEC PEN ON NEWSPRINT

COPIC MARKER + PILOT HI-TEC PEN

NON-PHOTO BLUE COLORED PENCIL + MARKER + BRUSH PEN

PENTEL POCKET BRUSH PEN

GOUACHE ON ILLUSTRATION BOARD

TONED PAPER + MIXED MEDIA

DIGITAL: SKETCHBOOK PRO

GLOSSARY

SCOTT ROBERTSON DESIGN: YOU TUBE CHANNEL

SCOTT ROBERTSON ON SCHOOLISM

SCOTT ROBERTSON WORKSHOPS, USA

SCOTT ROBERTSON WORKSHOPS, ASIA

VIDEO LINKS LIST

http://5cottrobertsonworkshops.com/h2dr/linklist

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