Observational Drawing (2023)
TAFE Assignment
Stippling a banksia form
Deliverables: Finished 3d form of half an image.
Tools: Hands.
Materials: 0.1 - 0.7 fineliners.
This project was completed as part of my TAFE coursework. The brief was to create a 3d form from a picture by practicing tonal value. I chose to use stippling - the process of drawing multiple dots to create shape and shade.
Once again, I was inspired by Australian flora and chose a banksia pod as my subject. Using a reference image from Adobe Stock, I lightly sketched the outlines over a lightbox.
From then on, everything was by hand and pure observation from the image.
See bellow for process images.
This project took me many hours and days. I enjoyed the process, and would love to one day come back to this and stipple the whole pod.
