Exercise 3.3 Cubes

You will now practice drawing cubes.

Time: 10 minutes

Materials needed:

• pencil – any
• sketch pad
• eraser – any

Draw at least 10 cubes of various sizes.

Drawing basic cubes helps in drawing parallel lines at various angles. The cubes for a warm up will have nine lines, so assume they are solid. That is, you will not draw the back sides or edges that you cannot see. It helps to start with the line closest to you at the front. Next, you can draw the lower two angled lines at the bottom and then the two vertical side lines. The top of the cube consists of lines that are parallel to the bottom two angled lines, which will form a diamond shape. Remember, try to keep corresponding lines parallel. There will be three sets of three parallel lines.

Use the full 15 minutes to practice drawing cubes