Basic 101: Class 3 - Drawing Cubic Objects

[micko45]

thanks for looking Arnoud, do I need to do more for this class?

[pratya.amrit]

assignment for class 3.. i must tell these dices r really devil..

[arnoud3272]

Originally Posted by micko45

thanks for looking Arnoud, do I need to do more for this class?

It is clear that you understand the cubic forms very well, so please move on to class 4 .

[arnoud3272]

You're very dedicated, Pratya .
After such an effort, I'm inviting you to move on to class 4 .

[pratya.amrit]

thnx Arnoud..
see u in class 4....

[micko45]

Originally Posted by arnoud3272

It is clear that you understand the cubic forms very well, so please move on to class 4 .

Thanks Arnoud, see you there,

Michael

[lajale]

I did some cube exercises in the last days (books, buildungs ...).

Here is my first assignment for class 3 - the silo





I`ll try the dice now.

Thanks for looking.

[lajale]

And here are the dice (or dices?):

[netta13542]

Class three assignments






Ok around I thought I was drafting for a minute with the silo I was using a ruler and a compass but I went back over and darkened the lines and transfered it to another piece of paper using tracing paper. The dice I freehanded those i couldnt see the cube shape but I pictured a wierd looking y and thats how I got the dice.

[arnoud3272]

Very good job, Chris .
As to "dices?", no: "dice" is the plural, the singular is - purely linguistically - "die", but very often "dice" is used for both the singular and plural .
You did very well in this class, please move on to class 4 .

[arnoud3272]

Netta - Good job .
Two remarks:
-- the right dice does not look a real cube, it is too broad. There is no simple geometric to construct it correctly , just use your sense of proportion.

-- not about drawing but ... don't hold your camera at an angle towards your paper when taking photos. Hold it that the "line of sight" is square to the paper. As you did now, there is a perspective distortion in your drawing. Yes, indeed, "farther away looks smaller": the back of your paper is farther away than the front, and all the lines that you carefully drew "vertical" are now slanting in the photo .

This class is the cornerstone of the foundation classes. I suggest you do another exercise here .

[netta13542]

Class three hey around I made some baby blocks and a book stand.

[arnoud3272]

Netta - Good progress .
A few remarks:
First of all, as I said already, hold your camera straight to the drawing. Look how the side of the paper of the book stand drawing is completely askew. How do I know whether you drew the vertical lines vertically? Because that is - lacking the knowledge of how exactly you drew it - my second remark. In traditional, academic styles, vertical lines are always drawn / painted vertically. And IF you choose to draw in "3PP", it should follow the principle "further away looks smaller". We look down on the baby blocks, so the bottom is farther away and should be smaller than the top, not as you drew it. Again supposing that it is not the result of holding the camera at an angle .
A remark that holds true whatever how you took the picture is this, it is more of an aesthetic nature: don't imagine the 2 VP's (left and right) so close together, put one of them far outside the paper (you can - learn to - eyeball the VL's, it is not critical if far away). As you did there is an unpleasant and unnatural sharp corner at the front.

Keep up the good work .

[NickyBlade]

Sorry for being so slow completing the classes. Life gets in the way of my happy fun time. lol.

[arnoud3272]

Good job, Nicky.