{"id":4728,"date":"2018-04-21T10:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T14:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2019-11-22T18:50:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:50:22","slug":"sketching-a-crab-30-minute-drawing-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/sketching-a-crab-30-minute-drawing-exercise","title":{"rendered":"Sketching a Crab &#8211; 30 Minute Drawing Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top:3%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JT-EM5XFpB8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapperpage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideo\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetabletcontainer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetablet\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orangecontainermobile\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorange\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebartop\">\n<div class=\"vertalign\">\n<div class=\"sidebarcarddescriptiondark\"><span>JOIN THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR<\/span><br \/>\n    Get ALL of our courses, ebooks, live lessons, critiques, lesson plans and more today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebarbuttonholder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttonsmem\">START FREE TRIAL<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttons\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<div style=\"background-color:#e2f7fc; padding:3%;margin-bottom:2%;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>For extended Live Lessons, video courses, ebooks and more, check out the membership program. Click on the button below to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:500px;margin:auto;\"><a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><buttonblue>Learn More<\/buttonblue><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:bottom:2%;clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<h2>How to Sketch a Crab<\/h2>\n<p>Practice makes perfect. And although perfection cannot be achieved in any drawing that we create, we can always improve our drawings skills through practice. Sketching is an excellent way to practice your drawing skills. Although a sketch is not a finished drawing, we still use and exercise the same observational &#8220;muscles&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Gettin&#8217; Sketchy is designed to provide you with a little <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/freedrawinglessons.html\">drawing instruction<\/a> through a fun drawing challenge. If you missed the previous episodes of Gettin&#8217; Sketchy, you can check out the last three episodes here&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/sketching-a-bird-30-minute-drawing-exercise\">Gettin&#8217; Sketchy &#8211; Sketching a Bird<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/sketching-a-frog-30-minute-drawing-exercise\">Gettin&#8217; Sketchy &#8211; Sketching a Frog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/sketching-a-paint-tube\">Gettin&#8217; Sketchy &#8211; Sketching a Paint Tube with Pen and Ink<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This sketching exercise is timed. The goal is to produce a fairly accurate sketch live within 30 minutes. This makes things a little more dramatic, but it&#8217;s important to remember that finished drawings require much more time to complete. In this exercise, we couldn&#8217;t complete the drawing in 30 minutes. It ended up taking a little more time (45 minutes), but that&#8217;s not a problem. By setting a time goal, we at least get started and once we start, we have a good chance of finishing. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the step by step process for drawing the crab&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ll first simplify the shapes of the crab, looking for the most basic shapes.<\/li>\n<li>While moving our entire arm, we&#8217;ll loosely sketch the shapes that we see. In this case, we&#8217;ll start with the shape of the shell and then add the shapes for the legs extending out.<\/li>\n<li>Using these basic shapes as a guide, we&#8217;ll draw in the contour lines (outlines). We can vary the line quality to make the drawing more interesting.<\/li>\n<li>To finish things up, we&#8217;ll add some quick <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/Value.html\">value and shading<\/a>. This creates the illusion of the light source, <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/texture.html\">texture<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/form.html\">form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need any fancy drawing tools for some sketching practice. For this drawing, a basic sketchbook by Strathmore and a mechanical pencil by Steadtler (2B graphite) was used. <\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#e2f7fc; padding:3%;margin-bottom:2%;\">\n<strong>Materials<\/strong><br \/>\n(Some of the following links are affiliate links which means we earn a small commission if you purchase at no additional cost to you.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2G7jYqk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Strathmore Drawing Pad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DSI8iE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Staedtler Mechanical Pencil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pixabay.com<\/a> for free resources for drawing and painting. I picked up this reference from this site and edited it a little with Photoshop. I simply removed the color and cropped the image. If you want to draw along, check out the reference photo below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabphotoreference.jpg\" alt=\"Crab Photo Reference\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabphotoreference.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabphotoreference-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabphotoreference-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabphotoreference-426x300.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the finished sketch of the crab&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabsketch.jpg\" alt=\"How to Sketch a Crab\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabsketch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabsketch-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabsketch-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/crabsketch-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy this kind of thing, be sure to join us live. 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