![]() Soften the value, carefully, with a stump and brush. Use a feathering stroke with your pencil and pull out highlights with a kneaded eraser using the same technique. When you add the value creating form around the ballet shoe you will shape your kneaded eraser to a very narrow edge. Step 5- Create the silky texture on the the Ballet shoe by shading with a 3B pencil and drawing with a kneaded eraser by pulling out thin feathery lines. Notice the last picture, illustates the correct curve the stitching makes, at the bottom, to meet at the corner. The lines are softened by a brush and a stump. Begin the texture by shading, using a light cross hatching technique to simulate canvas. The next photo shows the cross hatching and hatching used on the heal. The left side of the shoelaces have tiny, darker trianglular shadows. Notice the shoelaces are not outlined, but created using value with a 2H pencil, eraser, and stump. The top (left, if your using an IPad or PC) photo is a close up view of the shoelaces. Step 4-The following “close up” pictures highlight the details to help you render the Converse shoe. Pay attention to which shoelace overlaps and what and where to erase. For the lighter areas, use a 2H or 3H and a 4H in the lightest areas. You will be using a HB, B, or F for most of the drawing. Because it was being used to teach, as I stated earlier, the lines are much darker in order for my students to clearly see the steps during class. The second drawing is the one I used to teach the lesson in class. Step 3- The first drawing illustrates the way to approach the shoelaces. Make sure you are drawing all the angles and shapes correctly. Hold up your drawing to compare it to the photograph. Pay close attention to the photograph to get the angles correct and which shoelace overlaps and which does not. This will enable you to adjust the spacing of the eyelits, inside, much easier. It’s easier if you draw the top eyelit first, then the bottom eyelit. Draw 6 eyelits, not the 5 depicted in this drawing. Use the “ Check Back Method” (looking more at the photograph 3 seconds out of 4) to correctly render the curve and line of the shoe. Next, draw the shape of the white tip that is an identifying part of a Converse shoe. ![]() Adjust the shape of the sole of the shoe. Step 2- Begin drawing the interior of the Converse shoe. Tip: When drawing Positive Space or your Focal Point, look at the shapes the Negative Space makes to accurately draw the Focal Point or Positive Space in your drawing. *This will be altered as you fine tune different areas. Step 1- Using a HB, B, or F pencil, draw a Contour Sketch of the shoes. In addition, I lightened the Baseboard, Floor, and Skintone to establish a softer rendering, focusing on unique photograph of a Ballet and Converse Shoe in “Point Position.” By making these choices, I opened up the picture by providing more Negative Space to highlight the Positive Space in a complementary fashion. I raised the Baseboard up a little to give more space to the Focal Point’s position on the floor, as well as, extending the floor in front to highlight the reflection from the shoes on the floor. I did take “Creative License” and made adjustments to the original photogragh. With that being said, the picture below is the incorrect example I brought to class. ![]() You will see any mistakes or adjustments I made during the class were impossible to erase because of the darker pencil I used to teach. For this reason, please pay close attention to the pencil, I suggest using for each step. In order for my students to see each step clearly, I had to draw substancially darker than I normally draw. Again… Opps! I will be using the pictures I took from the example and then switch to the step by step example, I used to teach in class. When I drew the example, used in class, my students (who wear Converse) immediatly noticed a critical error on my sample! I drew the Converse shoe with 5 eyelits, not the 6 eyelits clearly depicted in this photo! Oops! I also didn’t stop and take the usual amount of photos required, in an instructional post. This project was picked especially for my “Art 2” students! “Ballet and Converse” is going to be rendered using graphite pencils, erasers, stumps, and brushes.
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