Module 1-
How to draw a croissant?
Task 1: Set up a photo-stage
In this module, I was introduced to a wide range of knowledge and techniques that enabled me to develop some observational and fundamental drawing skills such as tracing, hatching, sketching, shading, and constructing an axonometric drawing by hand, as well as some technical skills. I learned how to capture a croissant with the proper photo-stage setup at home including the utilization of the lighting sources, and how to composite an image with the rule of thirds.
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Task 2: Drawing a Croissant
Then I attempted to draw a croissant by starting with tracing outlines. After that, I applied several basic shading techniques, such as crosshatching, scribbling, and stippling for creating a good tonal depth and contrast. Hatching with a fineliner pen was the most challenging skill in this process, I gradually built up the shading by mainly using the crosshatching technique with a little stippling for some tiny shadows of flakes that were under the direct lighting. Also, I realized that, regardless of the shading techniques, it’s very important to be fully aware of the tonal value being depicted.
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Task 3: Drawing an Axonometric Perspective
In the last step, I was tasked to draw an axonometric perspective of my croissant, which required me to draw 45- degree grids on multiple tracing papers to give me a better vision of that angle. The most challenging part is to visualize the interior and exterior textures of a 45-degree angle by referencing and combining each individual perspective in the previous drawings, as it caused an unrealistic and distorted view. Therefore, I combined cross-hatching with scribbling shading skills and based on section A’s drawing to render the croissant’s details.
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Reflection
Overall, in doing this assignment, I learned how to properly render, texturize, sketch a croissant and produce an axonometric drawing by pen, pencil and software. The annotations, convention and geometric drawing were also improved all the way along with the process.