How to Draw a Vase

පියවරෙන් පියවර

1. පියවර 1

   Draw a light horizontal for eye level.

   Everything about the ellipses follows from where your eye is. Decide now, consciously, and mark it - letting it drift mid-drawing is how the rim and base end up disagreeing.

   බලාගෙන Not deciding, then drawing contradictory ellipses.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න You should be able to say if you are above or level with the rim.

2. පියවර 2

   Put the opening in as a single ellipse.

   Round three or four times in one fast continuous motion and keep the best pass. Speed is what makes an ellipse smooth - drawn slowly it lumps on one side every time.

   බලාගෙන Building the ellipse from four careful arcs.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The rim should be symmetrical about its long axis.

3. පියවර 3

   Take both sides down from the ellipse.

   Start each side exactly at the widest point of the rim ellipse. A step where side meets rim is instantly visible and almost impossible to hide later.

   බලාගෙන Sides starting inside or outside the rim's ends.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Each side should leave the rim at its widest point.

4. පියවර 4

   Close the bottom with a rounder curve.

   The base is further from your eye than the rim, so it is ROUNDER - same width, more curve. Getting this backwards is what makes vessels look like they are sliding off the table.

   බලාගෙන A base flatter than the rim, or a straight line.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The base curve should be rounder than the rim.

5. පියවර 5

   Put a second curve just inside the top.

   One curve just inside the rim gives the material its thickness and turns the top from a painted disc into an opening. It follows the rim's curve, not parallel all the way round.

   බලාගෙන Skipping it, leaving a flat disc on top.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න A visible band should separate the two curves at the front.

6. පියවර 6

   Draw the change of profile.

   Where the profile changes is where the form lives. Draw the change on both sides at the same height - a shoulder at two heights makes the whole vessel lean.

   බලාගෙන The profile changing at different heights left and right.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Both sides should change shape at the same height.

7. පියවර 7

   Draw the handle, both ends touching.

   Both ends must touch the body - a floating handle is the most common error on any vessel. And it is a strap with thickness, never a single line.

   බලාගෙන A handle drawn as one wire line, or floating.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Both handle ends should touch the vessel's side.

8. පියවර 8

   Add what makes it a vase.

   The identifying details go on last and they follow the form - a label, a pattern or a spout curves with the surface it sits on.

   බලාගෙන Flat detail pasted over a round form.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Any pattern should bend with the body.

9. පියවර 9

   Shade the shadow side.

   A cylinder's darkest band sits just INSIDE the shadow edge, not at it. Lay the strokes vertically, following the form, and build up in passes.

   බලාගෙන Scrubbing horizontal tone across a vertical form.

   පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The darkest band should sit inside the outline.

10. පියවර 10

    Add the bounced light at the edge.

    Light bounces off the table back onto the very edge, so leave a thin lighter strip at the outline. That strip is what makes the form read as round rather than flat-shaded.

    බලාගෙන Shading right up to the edge.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න A light strip should separate shading from outline.

11. පියවර 11

    Put the cast shadow down.

    Darkest where it touches the base, softening as it spreads. The cast shadow is what anchors the vessel - without it the thing floats no matter how well you shaded it.

    බලාගෙන A detached grey blob nearby.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න The shadow should touch the base.

12. පියවර 12

    Go over the keepers and erase the guides.

    Weight the rim and the silhouette, erase the eye-level guide, and check the two ellipses one last time - they are what the whole drawing stands on.

    බලාගෙන Leaving the eye-level line in.

    පරීක්ෂා කරන්න Rim and silhouette should be the darkest lines.