Lesson 6 Clarifications
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2021-11-26 09:09
polarshifts
Lesson 6 instructions suggests using ballpoint pens for linework as well as allowing use of rulers and french curves.
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Why ballpoint pens? What do they offer?
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Are the ballpoints just for the grid on the 8 pages of everyday objects?
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Even if we are using rulers, we still estimating the vanishing points, right?
Uncomfortable
2021-11-26 20:21
People generally find ballpoints to be less stressful to work with than fineliners. It's generally because they can make lighter marks, but whatever the reasoning, the material explored in Lessons 6 and 7 benefits considerably from reducing potential distractions (from the difficulties of using fineliners), and at this point most of the benefits of working with fineliners specifically have already been achieved (in terms of discipline, having students think through their marks before making them, etc.) by working through the lessons prior to this.
If you choose to work with ballpoint, you use the ballpoint for the entire drawing, and do not switch pens in the middle. This is noted in the instructions.
Correct - you're still not plotting explicit vanishing points, but rather looking at how the existing lines converge to figure out how to orient any additional marks being added to a given set.