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DRAWING GRASS
You can of course draw grass in any way you choose from "sketchy"
(which serves its purpose here as this drawing is just 1" high and
the grass exists only to place the tractor in space)...
...to where it plays a full role as an integral part of the "reality" of the
drawing.
In both cases the technique is much the same. The trick is to "think
grass" and to work just fast enough to... Well, let me explain
Imagine that there are only two marks that we can make: one
upwards and one down. I'm going to use the upwards stroke to
"draw" the stalks that spring up from the base of a clump of grass.
The downward stroke is going to taper off and define the tops of the
stalks in the clump below the one I'm drawing. The upward stroke
draws a positive mark, the downstroke draws in negative.
Working quickly, more strokes have been added...
...then I draw back down into the base to further define the white spaces.
Below, the process is repeated - positive strokes
at the base draw into the negative shapes above and begin to define new white spaces below...
A degree of work in the central section blends the two together and a small amount of tone is
being added to give body to the negatively drawn grass.
Note the occasional positive stroke that lies "behind" the negative stalks, throwing them forward...
Picture a few white stalks on your white paper and define one space...
...and more...
By working forwards, full control was permitted over each stage. Each
blade could be pushed back into the shade or brought forward into
the light, because the area behind it existed.
It may assist you to know that this small drawing measures 58cm
(2"3") and took approximately 1 hours to complete.
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Never throw work away! No matter what your opinion of it might be
right now. In the years to come, when you're feeling despondent that
you are no longer improving at the rate you once did or you begin to
think you will never attain the level you set out to achieve - take a
look at your early work and see just how far you have come!