Exercise 3.5 Cylinders

You will now practice drawing cylinders.

Time: 10 minutes

Materials needed:

• pencil – any
• sketch pad
• eraser – any

Draw at least 10 cylinders of various sizes and angles.

To make a cylinder, you will make two ellipses the same size and in the same plane. Once the two ellipses are established, two parallel lines can be added to create the cylinder. If the cylinder is a solid form, then one half of one of the ellipses will need to be erased due to one of the ends not being visible.  Darkening the lines of one ellipse and half of the other, along with the two parallel lines, will help show a solid shape.

Use the full 15 minutes to practice drawing cylinders.