DRAWING LINES
The quintessential element of architectural drawing isthe
line, the mark a pen or pencil leaves as it moves across a
receptive surface. Controlling the pen or pencil is the key
to producing good line quality and proper line weights.
• Draww arelaxed hand; do not squeeze the pencil or
ith
pen too hard.
• Hold the pen or pencil acouple of inches back from the
nib or point; do not hold theinstrument too close to the
nib or point.
• Control the movement of your pen or pencil with your
arm and hand. not just with your fingers.
• Pull the pen or pencil as you draw; do not push the shaft
of t heinstrument as you would a cue stick.
• Look ahead to where the line is headed.
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• Starting point: 3, -2, 0
• Ending point: 17, 7, 0
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• Drawing w apenor pencil is not only avisual
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experience, it is also atactileone inwhich you should
feel the surface of the paper, film, or illustration board
as youdraw. Further, it is akinesthetic act wherein the
movements of the hand and eye correspond to the line
produced.
• Thereisasimilar, but less direct, correspondence when
drawing with amouse or astylus on adigitizing tablet,
but no such parallel spatial action occurs when entering
the coordinates of a line ona keyboard.