So you love to doodle line art, and now you are thinking that you’d love to give it a little pizzaz. Once I finish my line work, I like to draw texture into my doodle. I find this gives my drawing some depth, interest and it’s very relaxing! In this post I’m going to show you how I use simple repetitive shapes that will take your doodling to the next level.
You Already Know The Shapes for Drawing Texture
Don’t worry, you can do this, in fact you are already drawing the shapes. If you take a close look at any drawing with texture, you will see the texture is just made up of simple shapes that are repeated within a set space. Below I list a few of the most common ones I use to draw texture.
- Small Circles
- Parallel Lines
- Dotted Lines
- Random Small Dots – also referred to as stippling
- Inner & Outer Contour Lines – which is just tracing your shape with an outline or duplicating it inside the shape
Create Contrast with Size and Quantity
Larger shapes that are spaced farther apart, create a texture fill with the illusion of light shading.
Smaller shapes drawn close together, create a denser texture fill and the illusion of darker shading.
Similar VS Opposite
Using smaller versions of shapes that are similar to those already in your design creates balance in your drawing. It helps to draw the eye around your design.
- For example if you have round shapes or lines with curves in your doodle, then a texture fill with circles compliments it.
In the same way that similar shapes create balance, you can use shapes that are opposites to create interest.
- For example if your design has round shapes, you can use straight lines and shapes with sharp corners to create interest.
Doodle and Play
Now you have the idea, go experiment with it.
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“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
