How to Draw a Mug

Корак по корак

1. Корак 1

   Одлучи свој ниво очију и обележавај га.

   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.

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

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

2. Корак 2

   Нацртај обруч као један елипсу, у једном брзом покрету.

   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.

   Пази. Building it out of short careful arcs.

   Пров› јери It should be symmetrical about its own long axis.

3. Корак 3

   Нацртај две стране право доле, смањи се мало.

   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.

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

   Пров› јери Each side should begin exactly at the widest point of the rim.

4. Корак 4

   Затворите дно елипсом мало округлијом од врха.

   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.

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

   Пров› јери Rounder than the rim, and exactly the same width.

5. Корак 5

   Додај другу кривуну унутар обруча.

   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.

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

   Пров› јери There should be a visible band between the two curves at the front.

6. Корак 6

   Нацртај спољашњу криву ручке.

   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.

   Пази. Leaving a gap where the handle meets the mug.

   Пров› јери Both ends of the curve should touch the side of the mug.

7. Корак 7

   Дајте дебљину ручке са другом кривом унутра.

   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.

   Пази. Drawing the handle as a single line.

   Пров› јери There should be a visible gap between the two handle curves.

8. Корак 8

   Марк одакле долази светло.

   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.

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

   Пров› јери You should be able to say which side is lit.

9. Корак 9

   Засенчи страну шоље даље од светлости.

   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.

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

   Пров› јери The dark side should be clearly darker than the mid tone, not slightly.

10. Корак 10

    Додај упаљач право на ивици сенке.

    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.

    Пази. Running the shading right up to the outline.

    Пров› јери There should be a thin lighter line between your shading and the edge.

11. Корак 11

    Додај сенку на површину испод.

    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.

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

    Пров› јери It should touch the object and be darkest at that contact point.

12. Корак 12

    Иди преко линија које желиш да задржиш, и изгуби водиче.

    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.

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

    Пров› јери The outline should be clearly darker than the smallest details.