#TESSELLATION DRAWING HOW TO#

Truman Capote once said, 'There are no boring speakers. The coloring-in lines even show hints of where the light source is. They have a curve sometimes, and they show the texture and shape of the crocodiles and the ground around the crocodiles. However, those coloring-in lines show a direction. This second crocodile drawing also has colring-in lines in its big empty spaces. The coloring-in lines just show color and a sense of boring flatness.Ĭompare that to this second crocodile drawing. The artist was just thinking about the color, and in a hurry to fill a big boring space. In the top crocodile drawing, the coloring of the big empty spaces uses straight lines that don't show the texture or the shape of the crocodiles. Compare those crocodiles' coloring-in to the coloring-in of the crocodiles in the picture below it. These crocodiles are colored-in with flat, short, straight lines. Instead, let the direction and shape of those lines show the shape, texture, and shadowing of whatever you're drawing.įor another example, look at the coloring-in of these crocodile faces at left. You shouldn't try merely to fill a big empty space with quick, thoughtlessly filled in lines of color.

See how they convey a sense of texture, shape, and the source of the light? Please, when you color your drawings, pay attention to the direction of the lines you draw.

See the curved lines I used in the shadows around the lit tunnel, and around the box on the floor. THE LINES YOU USE WHEN YOU'RE COLORING INīeginner artists, take a look at the colored-in areas in the drawing at right.

#TESSELLATION DRAWING HOW TO#

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Tessellation drawing