Brenda Hoddinott D-04 BEGINNER: SQUIRKLING This lesson provides you with lots of information and exercises to help you become familiar with creating values and graduations with squirkles. You follow along with super simple illustrated step-by-step instructions to draw an adorable cartoon baby with curly hair. You first outline the shape of the baby’s face in the lower half of a square drawing space, and add the eyes, eyebrows, nose, ears, and mouth. In addition to creating the texture of curly hair with squirkles, you also use a graduation of squirkles to make the hair look three-dimensional. Suggested drawing supplies include HB and 4B pencils, vinyl and kneaded erasers, good quality drawing paper, a pencil sharpener, and a sandpaper block. This lesson is recommended for artists of all ages and abilities, as well as home schooling, academic and recreational fine art educators. 6 PAGES – 9 ILLUSTRATIONS Published by Hoddinott Fine Art Publishers, Halifax, NS, Canada – Revised 2006 Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 2 - You first outline the shape of the baby’s face in the lower half of a square drawing space, and add the eyes, eyebrows, nose, ears, and mouth. In addition to creating the texture of curly hair with squirkles, you use a graduation of squirkles to make the hair look three-dimensional. ILLUSTRATION 04-01 1. Draw a large square to represent your drawing format. Your square can be any size you wish. Suggested sizes include 4 inches by 4 inches, 6 inches by 6 inches, or 8 inches by 8 inches. 2. Draw a wide U-shape to represent the lower half of the head. Take note that this whole U-shape (face) is totally within the lower half of your drawing space. Observe also that there is a slight curve to each side of the face. ILLUSTRATION 04-02 ILLUSTRATION 04-03 3. Outline two almond shaped eyes. The eyes are very far apart, and lower on the face than the beginning point of the lines indicating the sides of the face. 4. Draw a tiny circle in the upper right section of each eye. The inside of the tiny circles need to remain white, so be careful not to accidentally fill them in. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 3 - ILLUSTRATION 04-04 5. Use your 4B pencil to shade in each eye. Remember to leave the small circle white. This tiny white spot is called a highlight, and helps make the eye look shiny. A highlight is the brightest area of an eye where light bounces off its surface. 6. Draw a slightly curved short line above each eye to represent eyebrows. ILLUSTRATION 04-05 7. Draw an oval shape between and slightly below the eyes to represent the nose. 8. Draw a slightly curved line below the nose to represent the mouth. 9. Add a tiny curved line on each end of the mouth. 10. Draw another curved line slightly above the bottom of the face to represent a double chin. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 4 - ILLUSTRATION 04-06 11. Outline Baby Curly’s ears. Take note that the tops of the ears approximately line up horizontally with the tops of the eyes, and the bottoms of the ears line up with the bottom of the nose. In the next step, you use squirkling to add shading to the hair to make it appear curly. Squirkling is an easy method of shading, in which randomly drawn curved lines (called squirkles) combine squiggles and scribbles with circles to create textured values. ILLUSTRATION 04-07 Values are the different shades of gray created in a drawing by various means, such as varying the density of the shading lines and/or the pressure used in holding a pencil. This illustration shows three different values rendered with squirkles. ILLUSTRATION 04-08 In addition to creating the texture of curly hair with squirkles, you use a graduation of squirkles to make the hair look three-dimensional. A graduation (also known as graduated shading or graduated values) is a continuous progression of values from dark to light or from light to dark. The goal is to keep the transitions between the different values flowing smoothly into one another, as in this illustration. Lesson D-01: SQUIRKLING VALUES provides you with lots of information and exercises to help you become familiar with creating values and value scales with squirkles. Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 5 - 12. Use a graduation of squirkles to add shading and texture to the curly hair. Observe the hair closely in the next illustration and note the following: The lower sections of the hair (on the sides) overlap the ears and the upper sides of the face. Different values of squirkles make up the hair. Lots of little curls extend beyond the perimeter of her hair helping it to look natural. Begin by lightly outlining the perimeter of the hair with wiggly lines. Then fill in the hair with lots of squirkles to represent light and medium values. Finally add a few sections of dark values. If you notice that the transition between your values isn’t as smooth as you like, you can improve it. Try adding a few more short curvy lines in between other lines. ILLUSTRATION 04-09 Sign your name, put the date on the back of your drawing paper, and give yourself a big hug! Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this drawing class belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail bhoddinott@hoddinott.com Web sites http://www.finearteducation.com and http://www.drawspace.com - 6 - BRENDA HODDINOTT - BIOGRAPHY As a self-educated teacher, visual artist, portraitist, forensic artist, and illustrator, Brenda Hoddinott utilizes diverse art media including graphite, technical pen, colored pencil, chalk pastel, charcoal, conté crayon, and oil paints. My philosophy on teaching art is to focus primarily on the enjoyment aspects while gently introducing the technical and academic. Hence, in creating a passion for the subject matter, the quest for knowledge also becomes enjoyable. >Brenda Hoddinott< Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Brenda grew up in the small town of Corner Brook. She developed strong technical competencies with a personal commitment to self directed learning, and the aid of assorted “Learn to Draw” books. During Brenda’s twenty-five year career as a self-educated civilian forensic artist, numerous criminal investigation departments have employed Brenda’s skills, including Royal Canadian Mounted Police and municipal police departments. In 1992, Brenda was honored with a commendation from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and in 1994, she was awarded a Certificate of Membership from “Forensic Artists International”. Her home-based art career included graphic design, and teaching recreational drawing and painting classes. As supervisor of her community’s recreational art department, Brenda hired and trained teachers, and designed curriculum for several children’s art programs. In 1998, Brenda chose to end her eighteen-year career as an art educator in order to devote more time to writing, drawing, painting, and developing her websites. Drawspace http://www.drawspace.com incorporates her unique style and innovative approach to curriculum development. This site offers downloadable and printable drawing classes for students of all abilities from the age of eight through adult. Students of all ages, levels and abilities have praised the simple step-by-step instructional approach. This site is respected as a resource for fine art educators, home schooling programs, and educational facilities throughout the world. LEARN-TO-DRAW BOOKS BY BRENDA HODDINOTT Drawing for Dummies (2003): Wiley Publishing, Inc., New, York, NY, this 336 page book is available on various websites and in major bookstores internationally. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Drawing People (2004): Winner of the Alpha-Penguin Book of the Year Award 2004, Alpha - Pearson Education – Macmillan, Indianapolis, IN, this 360 page book is available on various websites and in major bookstores internationally. . step-by-step instructions to draw an adorable cartoon baby with curly hair. You first outline the shape of the baby s face in the lower half of a square drawing. the baby s face in the lower half of a square drawing space, and add the eyes, eyebrows, nose, ears, and mouth. In addition to creating the texture of curly