ACANTHUS | Vol. II | Advanced techniques & Basic Shading

It is my honor to share with you my second manual of drawing Acanthus Ornaments: Advanced Techniques & Basic Shading. Thank you for supporting and for your interest in my works.

In term of ornament and decoration, foliage patterns are commonly used to depict the natural beauty of the art works. Among these patterns, Acanthus is one of the most widely used plant forms.

Within this humble document, I will focus on advanced techniques in drawing and designing Acanthus Ornaments, beside that, basic shading techniques are instructed in the purpose of making a completed piece of Ornamental work.

The manual has 70 pages in PDF format, these are contents that included in the given study guide:

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

1. Shape an Acanthus leaf: Drawing advanced Acanthus leaf, branch, combining Acanthus Ornaments.
2. Acanthus Sketching technique.
3. Analysing Acanthus composition: Drawing Acanthus stem, technique of drawing ornaments’ stump,…
4. The connective knot of Acanthus
5. Compilation of samples

SHADING

1. A brief introduction to Ornament Shading
2. Basic shapes and light directions
3. Portray tonal value with pencils
4. Stem basic shading technique
5. Acanthus leaves shading technique
6. Samples (step-by-step)
7. Summary

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Thank you, have a nice day and hope that you enjoy learning to drawing Acanthus ornaments.

Tri Le