In my last blog post I saw that my rose petals were a
little off. I still needed work on drawing curves by hand. I felt like I improved
on it a little bit but I didn’t immerse myself into the art. You can tell if it’s
off or not. So that’s why I decided to draw a swallow, a type of bird that is characterized by its adaptation
to aerial feeding.
First the author of my very
helpful book, "How to Draw Cool Stuff: Basics, Shading, Texture, Pattern
and Optical Illusions,”
Going on, I continued to
draw the small beak of the bird. I did as Holmes had suggested, “simply extend
off of the circle, drawing free with your hand, like a gust of wind pushing it
upwards and descending down.” (Holmes 113)
As I went on I drew the two
lines extending from the exterior and the wing alongside it. The wing springs
from the head to “add a sense of depth.” (Holmes 113)
Now came the tricky part,
tiny little curves, as you can see I had a little trouble with the alignment of
the extending curves based on my eraser marks.
Then I continued on to
drawing each little feather between the wings and tail. This was probably the
hardest part as I tried to keep it clean but struggled to keep it symmetrical
as well.
The author then tells to
draw a smaller group of curves alongside the top of the wings. This was tricky
for me as well, I misjudged the size of the curves and didn’t look back to the
bigger wings to see how big I needed to draw them.
Finally I filled the bird in
with a thin sharpie and erased my pencil marks. I thought it would make it look
nicer, which it did, but it also shows the imperfections in my wings.
I obviously need to work on
drawing curves and circles freehandedly. Feel free to leave tips down below.
What do you think I should
draw for my final drawing?
Great drawing! If you use a mathematical compass it will make drawing circles much easier.
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