Working with the shape: varying the stroke in different directions

PM masters work with the form. You could say they create it. Whether it's the intended shape of the eyebrows, arrows or lips. At the same time, they should be able to move from a thin part (for example, from the tail of the eyebrow to the wide, the base of the eyebrow) and vice versa. Therefore, we will devote the following article to an exercise that will help you masterfully vary strokes in different directions, with different shapes and lengths.

Exercise 6: "rhombus"

One exercise solves several problems: it helps to control the length of the stroke, work with different forms of drawing, develop an eye, and additionally work out the basic straight stroke.

We start from a dot, go through about 2 mm and gradually increase the shading on both sides. Then we work in the same way, increasing the height of the stroke every 2 mm. The result should be an equilateral triangle. And so we draw up to a stroke height of 2.0 - 2.5 cm. When we reach the maximum stroke size, we begin to gradually reduce the stroke in the same way on both sides. We kind of “reflect” the triangle. The result should be a rhombus, preferably an equilateral one.

After you have reached the point again, again go a few millimeters and again gradually increase the height of the stroke. Repeating the rhombuses, we make sure that the angle between the rhombuses (both above and below) is approximately the same.

Make sure the pencil comes off the paper after each stroke. Do not make any auxiliary lines between the diamonds. Train the eye, determining the height of the stroke "by eye".

Draw at least 10 lines with rhombuses (full length of the sheet). This exercise is already quite difficult and you may not immediately achieve a satisfactory result. Continue training until the borders and the inner / outer corners of the rhombus are approximately the same.

The task is not easy, but very useful for training.