Drawing For Beginners - Houses

Developed by the teachers of the ESA-Arts Study School


Develop your own technique and turn yourself into an art beast


Objectives:


Develop the visual perception of the students, preparing them to confront and resolve the problems of drawing. Thus, motivating them and stimulating their learning capacity into the creation of their own style.


Points:


Visual Perception

Composition

Light and Shade

Perspective


Index:


Houses – The art of drawing

Houses ...................................................6

Materiais ................................................9

Materials for drawing...........................10

Paper ....................................................10

Pencil ...................................................10

Mechanical pencils & drawing pens ...10

Training exercises ……………................10

Eraser....................................................11

Blending stump ....................................11

Ruler .....................................................11

Sharpener and box cutter.....................11

Exercises and strokes...........................12

Exercises of coordination ….................12 

Types of lines and strokes ..................12

The geometric figures and the

drawing of perspective ........................13

The geometric figures ........................14

Drawing of perspective ......................15

Oblique perspective ...........................16

Elementary perspective …...................16

Aerial perspective ...............................17

The equidistance ................................18

Geometric solids ……...........................19

Draw within the cube ..........................20

Traditional house..........................21

Lights, shades, and the effect

of light and shade ........................23

Lights and shades - theory...........24                         

Natural light ...................................24

Own shade ……….............................24                  

Projected shade ..............................24      

Artificial light .................................24                 

Reflected light ................................24                

Effect of light and shade …............25             

Parallel projected artificial light ..25                     

Conical projected ...........................25                  

Triangular projected ......................25                    

Oblique projected ..........................25                             

Projected natural light - morning..25                   

Projected – afternoon ....................25                     

Projected - evening ........................25                   

Effect of light and shade ...............25                       

The textures ...................................26

The wood .......................................26

The brick ........................................26                       

The metal and the glass .................26                      

The proportions and the

construction of the elements ….….29                                                           

The proportions for houses ...........30                                        

The drawing of the lighthouse ......30              

Elements of the houses ..................34               

The doors .......................................34                                             

The roofs ........................................36                                                                                                                             

Construction by cubes ...................38            

Step by step ....................................43