Isometric Drawing Exercise

Isometric Drawing Exercise

The following presentation will

demonstrate how to draw isometric objects
using the “box method”.
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When drafting objects freehand, care must be taken
to draw accurately and neatly. Therefore, all lines
should be drawn as a single line—do not shade
any line.

Single line Shaded line

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You will use two different lines to sketch objects:

Construction lines are light lines

sketched in as you initially draw the object.

Drawing lines are dark lines which

may be used for the initial drawing or
which may be created by neatly darkening
a construction line.
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To draw an isometric object
using the box method,
perform the following
steps:

Step 1: Draw a box

around the object you
wish to draw.
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Step 2: Draw a box on your paper, in the same proportions as
the box you drew on the object, 1½ to 2 times larger than
the original box.

Proportional box

Original box
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Step 3: Look at the front

side of the object. Which Step 4: Draw the surface on
surface touches the outside your box using drawing lines.
of the box?
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Step 5: Look at the top of

the object. Which surface Step 6: Draw the surface on
touches the outside of the your box using drawing lines.
box?
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Step 7: Look at the right

hand side of the object.
Which surface touches the Step 8: Draw the surface on
outside of the box? your box using drawing lines.
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Step 9: Complete the
box by drawing in the
“third lines”. You
may wish to draw
construction lines then
neatly cover the
construction lines with
drawing lines.
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To complete the Isometric Drawing Exercise,
return to the Sketching and Freehand
Drawing Fundamentals page, open up the
Isometric Drawing Exercise page and print
a copy of the exercise. Your task will be to
draw nine isometric objects freehand, using
the box method as demonstrated in this
presentation.
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To complete the exercise, you may divide a
piece of plain white paper (8” x 11”) into
four equal quadrants by lightly creasing the
paper in half horizontally and also in half
vertically. Each object can be sketched into
its own quadrant. You will need three
pieces of paper to complete the exercise.