Ink Value Drawing
  

In this unit, students will create value drawing of a three-dimensional form in ink using shading techniques.

The unit includes three exercises, one finished compositions, a rubric and reflection.

Exercise One: 
1 & 2 Point Perspective

This exercise helps you understand the difference between one and two point perspective and how to draw simple shapes in both.
   You'll need:
  • Blank Paper
  • Ruler
  • Pencil

Step by Step Instructions

Step One


Draw 1/4" Borders on white 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Also draw a 1/4" border down the center, creating two landscape format recatangles.

Write your name and period number in the bottom right hand corner.

Step Three

Draw a horizon line in the middle of the One Point Perspective composition. Label it HORIZON LINE.

Step Five

Draw two rectangles. One should cross the horizon line. The other should stay below the horizon line.

Step Seven

Draw lines parallel to the lines given in the rectangle. The lines will stop when they intersect with the vanishing lines.

Step Nine

Connect each point on the shape to the vanishing point on the horizon line.

Step Eleven

Draw a horizon line in the Two Point Perspective composition. 

Step Thirteen

Draw a vertical line to the left of center.

Step Fifteen

Draw two vertical lines bound by the vanishing lines.

Step Seventeen

Draw a vertical line at the point where the two vanishing lines meet.

Step Ninteen

Draw two small vertical lines on the right wall of the building.

One should be above the horizon line and one should be below the horizon line.

Step Twenty-one

Don't forget to add vanishing lines to the other vanishing point as well. 

As a rule, in 2 point perspective, any time you add a vertical line, draw vanishing lines to both vanishing points.

Step Two

Label the two rectangles: One Point Perspective, Two Point Perspective

Step Four

Draw a point on the line and label it VANISHING POINT

Step Six

Draw lines from the points on the rectangles to the vanishing point.

Lines that would be completely hidden by the rectangle can be skipped. If that is confusing, draw lines for each corner of the rectangle.

Step Eight

Draw an irregular shape in the sky.

Step Ten

Draw lines parallel to the original line on the shape.

Place your ruler next to the original line and slide it away from the shape at the same angle.

Try to keep the distance from the shape similar so your shape has a consistent depth.

Step Twelve

Draw two vanishing points. One on either side of the composition.

Step Fourteen

Connect the two points on the vertical line to the two vanishing points on the vanishing line.

Step Sixteen

Draw vanishing lines from the ends of the new vertical lines.

Step Eighteen

These lines create the exterior walls of the building.

Step Twenty

Draw vanishing lines from the two vertical lines.

​These lines are going to turn into windows.

Step Twenty-two

Draw vertical lines to end the window frames.

These lines are bounded by the vanishing lines from the original window lines.

Step Twenty-three

Draw vanishing lines from the second window lines.

Step Twenty-four

Draw four vertical lines bounded by the vanishing lines from the first window lines.

These vertical lines represent the edges of three windows, instead of one long window.

Step Twenty-five

Darken the lines around the windows.

Step Twenty-Six

Draw the additional vanishing lines from the newest vertical lines.

Step Twenty-Seven

Choose a point on the left window vertical to create a vanishing line.

These lines represent the depth of an interior window ledge.

Step Twenty-Eight

Darkest the window vanishing lines to the points where they intersect.

Step Twenty-nine

Draw vertical lines from the intersection points.

These lines represent the vertical depth of the interior window ledges.

Step Thirty

Shade in the vertical window ledge depth.

Step Thrity-one

Using a lighter value, shade the horizontal aspects of the window ledges.

Step Thrity-two

Notice where the vanishing lines form the right building wall.

​Color the wall parts you can see through the building. 

Step Thrity-three

Notice where the vanishing lines from the left building wall form the back wall of the building.

Color the wall parts you can see through the windows in a second color.

Step Thrity-four

You are going to add a sign on the outside of the building.

​Draw two vertical lines inside the vanishing lines left by the window corners.

Step Thirty-five

Draw letters inside your sign.

Pay attention to the vertical lines in your letters. They should remain vertical.

The tops of the letters should also hit the same vanishing line.

Step Thirty-six

Color in the background of your sign.

Step Thrity-seven

Color in the exterior left wall of the building using a third color.

Finished Drawing.