sketching

Our first
encounter With
sketching
Starts with copy something
from observationOr

produce something from memory

Kids sketching from memory

when we grow adults we start sketching from

observation
We can not produce reality

We can only make a mark or a

statement
that acts for the reality
Many reasons to sketch
techniques to adopt
to serve the purpose
Different tools &mediums
to work on
Gra phit e

Graphite pencils

C harc oal

Colour pencils

M a rkers
Qualities of the material
Mechanically sharpened 314 pencil

line control and

properties Degrees of Chisel point after repeated use

hardness

Line quality

Paper textures Rectangular pencil

314 draughting pencil

L ight

Pressure

Hard
Charcoal

Ebony pencil
314

Mars
Lumograph H

2/HB

Shading and lines on Shading and lines on Shading and lines on

illustration paper regular copy paper. watercolor paper
 L ight Hard

Sketching velum
Charcoal

Ebony pencil
314

Mars
Lumograph H

2/HB
Versatility with pencil
• Shading

• finger blending

•
superimposed shadings
•
tonal gradiation
•
tone contrast
•
doodling for vegetation textures
•
eraser marks
Holding
the pencil
Holding the pencil
Pressure
The beauty of pencil sketching lies in the artist’s ability
to apply pressure to the pencil in order to alter the quality
of the lines.

Striking lifting rotating

occasional nudging and twisting

sudden change of the angle of lead

“A pencil should and must be

treated as an extension of the
artist’s hand, arm, and fingers”
Mars Lumograph H

2/HB

314

Ebony pencil

C harc oal
The amount of resistance is the key in determining the
value of the shading.

A darker value is due to less resistance and vice versa.

To alter and vary the value of the pencil shading depends

entirely on the ability to press and lift at the appropriate
moment.
Hand Movement

Short strokes

long strokes
 lin es

st rokes st rokes

lin es
Sri Mukhalingam,AP
Documentation of Domakonda fort, Nizamabad, Telangana
Evening doodle
The day before
HUDHUD V isa kha pa t
na m
 st rokes lin es

st rokes

lin es
Lines and Strokes

Line refers to a long and continuous thread with a

consistent width, while strokes are comparatively short
and broken lines in a variety of widths.

Line is the residual mark left on the paper as a result of a

pencil gliding across it. It is graceful and fluid in nature.
Strokes, on the other hand, are strike marks and they are
often bold and deliberate.
Different strokes
Short individual strokes

Short continuous strokes

Short scribbling strokes changing direction constantly

Very short strokes with constant direction

Textures and purposes

Use texture to separate planes and explain

the three-dimensional quality of the object.
 Use texture to explain thesun/shade
Relationship.
Textures and purposes
 Use texture to help describe the shapes.
Textures and purposes
 Texture and foliage

Describe receding planes

Create contrast

Describe ground
Use contrast to push
building forward Separate wall from roof
sketching

The sketch must have some degree of realism &

the subject of interpretation must be

somewhat r ecogniza ble.
Observation &
Recording
•See

• Identify

• Isolate

• Simplify

• Transform
Picture frame
Buddhist Stupa , Thotlakonda,AP
LAND FORMS
Shoretemple, Mamallapuram,TN
Perumal temple, Mahabalipuram, TN
Kanadikattan Palace,Chettinadu,TN
Landscape of Hampi, Karnataka
Stone bridge across river Tungabadra, Hampi
Stepped tank,Hampi
Ruined temple,Hampi
Stone pillar,
Hoyasaleshwara temple, Halebidu
Karnataka
Landscape of Hampi, Karnataka
Stone bridge across river Tungabadra, Hampi
Stepped tank,Hampi
Ruined temple,Hampi
Stone pillar,
Hoyasaleshwara temple, Halebidu
Karnataka
Master canteen,Bhubaneshwar,Orissa
Belur Math,Kolkatta
Thank you

Ar. Jagadeesh
Assistant professor
GITAM school of architecture
GITAM University Visakhapatnam

Ar. SUNAYANA TIRUMALA