Visual Language - Line quality

Exploring line quality

We where asked to draw with line only and no tone. We had to select one subject and draw it a minimum of 20 times. Exploring a range of tools and line qualities. I saw this task as a chance to try and create a character of my own by gradually manipulating the information drawn from the reference image.

This was the image I chose to draw. I really liked the shapes and string decoration in it. It looked really interesting to work with.

I started by drawing it as accurately as I could, not working into the lines to much. 

Working with a really soft thick pencil really helped me understand the image and draw the shapes in  a gestural and bold way.

I was starting to understand the image well and didn't really need to look at the reference image much at all. The lines here look refined and controlled.

I like the loose scratchy lines with the black boarder I think this works well.

I tried making a little character using the shapes I had learnt. I could really feel this process turning into an interesting character.

Im really like this one, I like the boarder and quick lines used to fill it in. The simple face with the complex decoration around the head looks good. 

Whilst doing this drawing I felt really restricted and wanted more space to explore fast and scratchy lines like this and work into them with different tools. I decided to try working on A3 to do some larger experiments.