How to Draw a Mug

Аткаруу

1. Аткаруу 1

   Көздүн деңгээлин аныктаңыз жана аны белгилөө

   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.

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

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

2. Аткаруу 2

   Бир эле тез кыймыл менен четин бир эле эллипс катары тартуу.

   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.

   Эскертүү Building it out of short careful arcs.

   Текшерүү It should be symmetrical about its own long axis.

3. Аткаруу 3

   Эки жагын түз, төмөн карай, бир аз тарайтып тартыңыз.

   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.

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

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

4. Аткаруу 4

   Төмөндөгү эллипстин үстүнкүсүнөн бир аз чоңураак болушун камсыз кылуу.

   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.

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

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

5. Аткаруу 5

   Экинчи кривизаны чегинин ичине кошуу.

   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.

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

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

6. Аткаруу 6

   Алгычтын сырткы бурчун тартуу.

   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.

   Эскертүү Leaving a gap where the handle meets the mug.

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

7. Аткаруу 7

   Үстүндөгү экинчи бурчтуу кармагычтын калыңдыгын көрсөтөт.

   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.

   Эскертүү Drawing the handle as a single line.

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

8. Аткаруу 8

   Жарыктын кайдан келгенин белгилөө

   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.

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

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

9. Аткаруу 9

   Чачтын четин жарыктан алыстатуу.

   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.

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

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

10. Аткаруу 10

    Көлкөмдүн оң жагындагы четине жарык сызык кошуу.

    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.

    Эскертүү Running the shading right up to the outline.

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

11. Аткаруу 11

    Төшөктү төмөндөгү бетке кошуу.

    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.

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

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

12. Аткаруу 12

    Сохранить строки, но не удалить указатели.

    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.

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

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