Warwick Castle
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Girtin, Warwick Castle, n.d.. Graphite on cream wove paper.
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The Art Institute of Chicago · The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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Warwick Castle
A field sketch that stopped at the right moment
Graphite: Girtin's quick structural sketch of Warwick Castle, envelope, main divisions, a hint of the shadow side, and stop. The model for a twenty-minute field drawing.
- Master
- Thomas Girtin
- Difficulty
- Time
- about 1 h
- You draw with
- HB graphite
Why this one
- Knowing when to stop.
- Envelope and masses only, from a master.
From your kit
The whole kit →- 1Grafwood HB HB for layout and line. Long points from the Blackwing on everything up to B.
- 2Kneaded eraser and the Mono Zero press-and-lift corrections only; the Mono Zero for a single sharp light.
- 3Alpha sketchbook 9 x 6 draw at the book's size and keep the proportions; date the page.
In general, this study asks for
- Sketchbook
- HB
Watch first
All videos →The short version for a complete beginner.
YouTube
The plan
2 stages · ~40 min- 1
Twenty minutes
20 minEnvelope, divisions, one shadow side. Stop at twenty by the clock.
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Again
20 minA second one in fifteen. Box both.
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What it should look like
- A castle in a dozen lines that could have been drawn standing up.
Where it goes wrong
- Adding windows. Habit. Stop.
Log this session
Start the clock when you pick up the pencil. Stop it when you put it down. Log it. Every session counts toward the box.
00:00of ~60 min
Status
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