1) Producing an attractive sketch involves understanding the subject, planning the composition, and preparing proper materials like HB and 2B pencils. 2) The sketching process begins with light guidelines using a 2H pencil followed by increasing definition with harder pencils. Shading is added last to add realism and indicate light sources. 3) Multiple light sketches are encouraged over a single detailed sketch. Practice makes sketching easier and more enjoyable. Proper preparation and technique are essential for an attractive final sketch.

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME: Welson Lum Wei Jiunn
STUDENT ID NO: 0319514
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ENGLISH 1 (ELG 30505)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: PROCESS ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSION DATE: 2ND MAY 2014

2. Steps involved in producing an attractive sketch
Nowadays, many people knew how to draw but they not really knew how to
sketch. Sketching was a simple way to produce a picture, as long you can grab a
pencil then you can sketch. Sketching was using pencils and charcoal only. This was
because sketching only using creating value example like light and dark to create
pictures. Sketching was a quick drawing by using free hand to draw surroundings
that we observed. When sketching a picture, it was normal to produce multiple of
pass lines and the tidiness of the picture was not important. Somehow, to produce a
simple sketching we needed to have types of H and B pencils and desired size of
papers. If you were going to water color the picture after the sketch, highly
recommended to use a thicker fine art papers so that the papers will not easily get
wet and spoil. So, let’s us discuss about what is the steps involved to produce an
attractive sketch.
First, sketched an attractive sketch was to understand what to sketch so that it
can become more interesting to get other people attentions. Once you understand
what to sketch you can start to think further what to sketch and start to plan the
sketch. You should estimate the size of an object that wanted to sketch in the
landscape or vertical paper so there was enough places to sketch whole the objects
that you wish to. Before started to sketch, please be make sure that you were in a
comfortable condition or position so that an attractive sketch can be produce more
effectively. Please be alert that no wet or dirty hands when sketching because it
might be spoil the sketch. When sketching a picture, to sketch an exactly picture was
not compulsory but the important things was other people can understand what you
were trying to present.
Once you were ready to sketch, the sketching tools were the partner to sketch
with you. The common pencils used for sketching are H and B pencils. H stands for
hardness and B stands for blackness. Before you started the sketching you can start
with some hand movement drawing to ensure the sketch goes smooth during
sketching. Gesture drawing also a good warming up before started the sketching
because it was the way of continuous movement to connect the lines to produce a
sketching. It was a way of avoid lifting of pencils to produce overlapped sketching.
When sketching, do not sketch too heavy and use the 2H pencil because it is usually
for first sketch to produce thinner and lighter lines that were easily to rub off when a
mistake occurred.
After the sketch with 2H pencil, the sketched picture should be very light and
barely noticeable. Used the 6H pencil to glide on the picture with exerting much
pressured so that the picture became more clearly. Then, 2B pencils was ready to
use for darker the lines so that the lines became more obviously and a clearer

3. picture. When the lines of the sketch were completed, the 6B pencil was used to add
the contrast to apply the finishing outlines. This means there was no more changes
for the sketch. After that, added some poorly sketched at the background so that the
sketching can became more interesting and beautiful. Finally, shading came to the
last part of the sketch. For the best shading result, used the softest pencils like 2H
because it allowed you to blend it easily. Shading was to determine the direction of
the light source and where were the shadow’s shapes and positions. So, some parts
will have darker shades and vice versa. Although shading was the last step in
sketching but this is the most interesting part because shading make the sketching
became more realistic.
In summarised, a pencil of light and a piece of paper napkin were ready to do
their work when you were ready to have your sketching .However, sketching was not
easy for everyone. Some people might find it very difficult to sketch but some people
love to sketch and they can sketch anytime and anywhere. However, no one born to
sketch perfectly so do sketch when there were free times because practised make
perfect.