Was working on a sketch of a twisted metal finial tonight and screwed up the final bar (?). I sketched in the path is should have taken. Or maybe I put the angle on the wrong side? The back spiral was hard to see. Is there a way to lay out something like this with lots of spirals without resorting to a drafting table? I could have done it using t-square, etc but for me that takes the enjoyment out of a simple sketch. Does anyone have suggestions for doing semi-even spirals?
Maybe try drawing the shapes between the metal, the negative spaces and keep the drawing very light until you feel good about it. I am always forgetting to do that.
Jaylene took the words right out of my mouth.
Remember that the way that we are perceiving something can have a great deal to do with how we are able to replicate a percept of that subject. Here is a VERY simple example of this:
Some people tend to have a much harder time drawing figure “A” when perceived as a geometric solid in perspective as opposed to a kite in slight perspective.
So in this case, while the metal swirl/spiral form may not have the same type of ambiguity that the kite has—you can shift your positive to negative assignments (foreground/background) just as Jaylene suggests.(just like the examples of the two faces and the vase–aquick shift of foreground background reveals two different perceptions.)
So with a subject similar to yours I would switch my assignments of foreground and background to make sure that neither was drifting away from the relationship they hold in the original percept.
Hope this helps!!!
This approach of analysis and “deconstruction” certainly helps me, so thank you for your question, Elizabeth, and your answer, Anthony!
Awesome explanation. I will have to try an practice “switching” as I draw. I guess this is why I ask these crazy things. A new good way to develop neuroplasticity [unrelated note - guess spell check doesn’t have this concept in it’s dictionary] and a new skill to try.