Learning Objectives:
• Understand how cross-hatching can be used to create tone
• Explore how cross-hatching can be used to add texture to a drawing
• Practise using a line of symmetry to improve measuring skills and accuracy of proportions
• Understand what makes successful cross-hatching.
• Explore how cross-hatching can be used to add texture to a drawing
• Practise using a line of symmetry to improve measuring skills and accuracy of proportions
• Understand what makes successful cross-hatching.
What you will need:
• Drawing pencils
• Ruler
• Eraser
• Pencil sharpener
• Black fine liner pen
Your Task:
1. Read the PowerPoint below, titled 'What is cross-hatching?'
2. Watch the demo video beneath the PowerPoint.
3. Have a go at copying the same exercise as the work in the video, following the advice in the video and the tips at the bottom of this page.
2. Watch the demo video beneath the PowerPoint.
3. Have a go at copying the same exercise as the work in the video, following the advice in the video and the tips at the bottom of this page.
What is cross-hatching?
Demo
Mr Lax's example:
Extension Activity
If you are confident at drawing you might choose to draw a more challenging vase. Pick one with a more unusual shape and/or with more variations of tone (lights and darks).
Top Tips
• Try to press as lightly as you can with your pencil when drawing your initial outlines
• Plan your initial outlines carefully, making sure the vase is symmetrical (the left side should mirror the right side)
• Don't use a ruler when drawing cross-hatching
• Vary the tone by placing your cross-hatching lines closer together in the shadows and further apart in the highlights
• Consider what direction the light is shining
• Plan your initial outlines carefully, making sure the vase is symmetrical (the left side should mirror the right side)
• Don't use a ruler when drawing cross-hatching
• Vary the tone by placing your cross-hatching lines closer together in the shadows and further apart in the highlights
• Consider what direction the light is shining
Examples of previous students' drawings:
What have they done well and what might they have improved on?
