SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL AND BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: YEE ZHEN LI

STUDENT ID NO: 0319160

WORD COUNT: 647 WORDS

ENGLISH 1 (ELG 30505)

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: PROCESS ESSAY

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION DATE: 2ND MAY 2014

Sketching which also known as rough drawing is the best way to get ideas on

paper. It is also a part of brainstorming process and allow us on determinating which

ideas work well and which do not. Now I am going to show you the process on

sketching the tallest tower, Eiffel Tower in Paris in seven simple steps.

In order to produce an attractive sketch, it is necessary to have effective drawing

tools. The tools you needed are quality drawing paper, eraser, fine marker, colour

pencils, paints, markers and most importantly, pencils.

Have you ever been using pencils but never truly understand their uses? Basically,

pencils are just one of the many mediums in which artists communicate. They are

easy to control and use. It usually set the foundation for your artwork. It does not

always have to be a graphic stick, it could also be charcoal. But regardless, they all

have what are called “Grades”. Pencils are categorized into the B or H class,

depending on whether they are soft or dark and rough and light. They are usually

preceded by a number on a letter like 5H, 7B, or HB. B means soft and it have

thicker graphite or charcoal sticks that allow more graphite to be released onto the

drawing surface. H means hard. The graphite tip is usually a lot rougher and does

not allow too much onto the paper compare with B. Plus, it allows control while

shading in lighter tones. Normally, a lot of people use 2B for outlining. 3B to 5B is the

middle range that gives you average dark tones. For darker tones you may go for the

6B and above range.

In addition, several types of colored pencils are manufactured for both artistic and

practical uses. For examples, artist-grade pencils, mechanical colored pencils,

student-grade materials and scholastic-level colored pencils, and also watercolor

pencils. However, due to significantly lower prices, student-grade colored pencils are

ideal for elementary and middle school students. It is most commonly in used for

sketching. Colored pencils also can be used in combination with several other

drawing mediums. When used by themselves, there are two main rendering

techniques colored pencil artists use which are layering and burnishing.

Now let’s us start sketching! First of all, you may look from the front view profile

perspective and draw a curved triangle and another smaller one inside of that as the

basic shapes of the Eiffel Tower. Next, draw a line below the tip of the tower. Now,

almost half way from that, draw another line. Then, draw a curved line to form the

arch at the base of the Eiffel Tower. After that, sketch in details for each level of it.

Then, draw a series of “X”s in between the columns. The sizes of the X’s depending

on where you will be putting them in the drawing. I suggest you to start with the

larger ones at the base of the tower and decrease their size as you progress to the

top. Next, create an outline on the entire drawing by using a fine pointed marker and

don’t forget to erase the guidelines. Last but not least, colour the Eiffel Tower with

the colours which you desire. Although this step is optional but this could completes

the look of it.

By colouring it and you are done! Simple yet nice isn’t it? It doesn’t matter if you are

bad at drawing, as long as you have the passion for it. “No one was born perfect.” To

be honest, I used to be lack of confidence with my sketching skills and all I do was

keep on practicing in order to master my drawing skills and that is the moment when

I realized the definition of “practice makes perfect”. In a nutshell, everyone can be

artist, it is all about the matter of not giving up easily.