Pages 78-91 and 92-115
“Good value design is the clear simple arrangement of a few
tones.” The picture he has next to this
quote is one with maybe two colors. He
uses all the different ranges of values of those colors. Among these pages he shows a lot of his
preliminary even little daily sketches.
He said, “Draw now, judge later.”
I especially like this because how often do we sketch something and then
go back and really decipher shapes, value, and color; at least for me, not
often. This is going to be a new goal of
mine. He mentioned three things to do
in a drawing process: reduce, refine, and interpret. I love how much he pushes and emphasizes the
element of shape. Along with sketches,
he uses “black and white truths” to help him create interesting and well
thought compositions: thumbnail it out, 30-70 ratio, en masse perspective, contour/isoparms,
and bold shapes. Then he gave a
step-by-step example of a scene he created.
Each step was simple, yet in the end he had created something so
intricate and immaculate. On might
wonder how he got there. Each step was
something specific like shape design, adding foreground, erasing edges (I
forgot about that tip), and finding form of an object like the clouds.
Pages 116-143
Find: the three main shapes, values, and levels. I think these are tickets to a successful
start that lead to a successful result. He
mentions placing in your big shapes and slowly building from there. Always
maintain a perspective spot. Do some
searching: sketch until you find, “the best, simplest arrangement of shapes and
tones.” I love that he mentions shifting
proportions and moving shapes around because really you can interpret a scene
however you want. Make a chimney longer
or a road wider; it’s up to you.
Explore. Robh Ruppel says, “a
curious, less tense mind makes better
choices and observations.” He also
councils us to not schedule art in, but make space for it in our
schedules. I think of it like brushing
your teeth, you just make time for it subconsciously.
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