Draw Tip Tuesday - Keys
Channel: Koosje Koene
Date: 2014-04-22

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!
Today I'm drawing the keys to my bicycle. There's an everyday object for ya! I use them every single day. Rain or shine, in Amsterdam, we do everything by bicycle.
In today's video, I'll show you how I use those negative spaces to make a drawing.

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Music by Pascalo



Video Transcript:

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!


Today I am drawing an item that I use daily: the keys to my bicycle. 
I'll be drawing on sketch paper, using a pencil and an eraser. 

I put the keys in front of me and look at them. 

I try to switch off the part of my brain that says: that is a set of keys, it has plastic, and there's a reflection in the metal... that kind of stuff 
Instead, I will look at what I see, not at what I know. 
So: I ignore the whole set of keys and start outlining the negative spaces. Actually, I'm drawing the shapes of the background that I see. By doing this, I look at the proportions between the details, and I can find points to refer to. Like: here is a curve and it ends in this little corner, then there's a curve in the other direction, and if I follow that line, I see a square shape... and so on. 

If you take your and slow down during this process, you can really put the basic shape in place and it helps to fill in the details later much easier. Erase and adjust when lines are out of place until you drew that whole outline.

Then, I start adding shadows. Still, i am not thinking about the details. By drawing the gradations and shades that I see, the patches and shapes that I draw will melt into a whole later. 
I keep whites for the lighter areas, they will look like highlights, and add layers in the darker areas. I keep adding, until I'm satisfied with the result.

With some practice and patience, you can do this too. Let's make awesome art! If you want to learn more, check out my online classes on my website koosjekoene.nl. 
If you like my videos, you will like those too.
See you next week!