How to Draw a Mug

እርምጃ በደረጃ

1. ደረጃ 1

   የዓይን ደረጃህን ወሰን እና ምልክት አድርግ

   Everything about the ellipses follows from this. If the mug is below your eye level you will see into it; if it is level you will not. Make the decision consciously now rather than letting it drift halfway through the drawing.

   አስቀምጥ Not deciding, then drawing a rim that contradicts the base.

   ማረጋገጫ You should be able to say whether you are looking down into this mug or across at it.

2. ደረጃ 2

   Draw the rim as one ellipse, in a single fast motion.

   Go round three or four times without stopping and keep the best pass. Speed is what makes an ellipse smooth - drawn slowly it comes out lumpy on one side every single time, because your hand cannot hold a curve at low speed.

   አስቀምጥ Building it out of short careful arcs.

   ማረጋገጫ It should be symmetrical about its own long axis.

3. ደረጃ 3

   ሁለቱን ጎኖች ወደ ታች ቀጥ አድርግ፣ ትንሽ ወደ ታች ይቀንሳል

   Start exactly at the ends of the ellipse's long axis. A slight taper inward looks more natural than perfectly parallel sides, and it is what most real mugs do.

   አስቀምጥ Starting the sides inside or outside the rim, which leaves a visible step.

   ማረጋገጫ Each side should begin exactly at the widest point of the rim.

4. ደረጃ 4

   የታችኛውን ክፍል ከላይኛው ጋር በቅርጽ አጣራ መዝጋት

   The base is further from your eye level than the rim, so it is rounder. Same width, more curve. Getting this relationship right is the difference between a mug that sits on the table and one that appears to be sliding off it.

   አስቀምጥ Drawing the base flatter than the rim, or as a straight line.

   ማረጋገጫ Rounder than the rim, and exactly the same width.

5. ደረጃ 5

   Add a second curve just inside the rim.

   This thin band is the thickness of the ceramic, and it is what makes the top read as an opening rather than a painted disc. One stroke, following the rim's curve.

   አስቀምጥ Drawing it parallel all the way round instead of following the ellipse.

   ማረጋገጫ There should be a visible band between the two curves at the front.

6. ደረጃ 6

   የቀን መቁጠሪያውን ቅርጽ

   Start just below the rim and end about two-thirds of the way down the side. Both ends must touch the mug - a handle that floats beside the body is the most common error here and it is instantly visible.

   አስቀምጥ Leaving a gap where the handle meets the mug.

   ማረጋገጫ Both ends of the curve should touch the side of the mug.

7. ደረጃ 7

   Give the handle thickness with a second curve inside.

   A handle is a strap, not a wire. The inner curve runs parallel to the outer one and meets the mug slightly closer in at both ends. This is a small change that makes a large difference to how solid the mug looks.

   አስቀምጥ Drawing the handle as a single line.

   ማረጋገጫ There should be a visible gap between the two handle curves.

8. ደረጃ 8

   ብርሃን ከየት እንደመጣ ማሳየት

   Pick a side and commit. A cylinder shades differently from a sphere - the darkest band sits just inside the edge on the shadow side, not at the very edge, because light bounces back up off the table onto the rim.

   አስቀምጥ Shading the very edge darkest, which makes the mug look flat.

   ማረጋገጫ You should be able to say which side is lit.

9. ደረጃ 9

   የኩሽናውን ጫፍ ከብርሃን ራቅ አድርግ

   Work in one direction rather than scrubbing back and forth. Scrubbing gives an even grey, which is exactly the thing that makes a drawing look flat, so lay the strokes the same way and build the darkness in passes.

   አስቀምጥ Being too timid. Beginners routinely stop two or three steps short of dark enough.

   ማረጋገጫ The dark side should be clearly darker than the mid tone, not slightly.

10. ደረጃ 10

    Add a lighter strip right at the shadow-side edge.

    Light bouncing off the table catches the very edge of a cylinder, so the darkest band sits slightly INSIDE the outline. Leaving that thin lighter strip is what makes the mug read as round rather than as a shaded rectangle.

    አስቀምጥ Running the shading right up to the outline.

    ማረጋገጫ There should be a thin lighter line between your shading and the edge.

11. ደረጃ 11

    ቀለም አሳይ

    The cast shadow is darkest where it touches the mug and softens as it moves away. It also anchors the object to a surface - without it the mug floats, however well you have shaded it.

    አስቀምጥ Drawing it as an even grey blob detached from the object.

    ማረጋገጫ It should touch the object and be darkest at that contact point.

12. ደረጃ 12

    ከፈለጉት መስመሮች ላይ ይሂዱ፣ እና መመሪያዎችን አጥፉ።

    This is the step that turns a construction drawing into a finished one, and it is the one most people skip. Press harder on the outline and the features; leave the small stuff light. That difference in weight is what makes a drawing look deliberate rather than traced, and it costs thirty seconds.

    አስቀምጥ Going over everything at the same weight, which flattens the drawing back out.

    ማረጋገጫ The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.