How to Draw Big Shoes
- 1). Set your shoes about three feet in front of you. Attach your paper to your drawing board with the clips or band.
- 2). Use a 2B pencil for the initial sketch, and then use other pencils to add shading to the drawing later. Use "H" pencils for light shades, because the lead is harder, and "B" pencils for darker shadows, because the lead is softer. You can go all the way up to a "9" in the "B" pencil category. For the shoe, however, you won't need anything above a "5." The higher the number on the pencil, the darker the shade of the pencil. Try an "HB" pencil for the initial shade scale. This pencil is considered the midpoint and will help you define what areas need a "B" pencil and what areas will need an "H."
- 3). Record with your eyes the part of the shoes you will be drawing. Translate what you are seeing directly onto the paper. Add shadows and details, smaller lines and textures at the end if you want.
- 4). Use a slow motion and sketch lightly. Use any mark-making technique that feels natural to you. Swirl the pencil, use short lines, or do crosshatching, which makes a criss-cross pattern. You also can use a combination of mark-making techniques. Use crosshatching for the rubber part of the shoe to show the heaviness and durability of the material. Use a swirling technique for the shoe's laces to show the smoothness and softness of the material. Use any mark-making technique you want for the rest of the shoe. Show the rough places that might be worn in, and the smooth places that might not be so worn.
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An old shoe adds character to the drawing.shoe image by jeancliclac from Fotolia.com
Keep your pencil moving all around the shoe as you sketch what you are seeing. Look at the shoe, then look at your paper. Repeat until you have drawn the entire shoe. - 6). Sketch your shoe as tight or as loose as you want. A tight sketch will fill up the white space and have a lot of marks and shadows. A loose sketch will look defined only where it is necessary, to distinguish that the image is a shoe. Neither approach is right or wrong, it is up to you. Use shadows to give the art depth, definition and a factor of realism.
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