Pierre Pochet - Rough: Drawing in 2 Strokes and 3 Moves

Pierre Pochet

People, Animals, Scenery, Objects

ROUGH DRAWING IN 2 STROKES AND 3 MOVES

Pierre Pochet

Project editor: Maggie Yates

Project manager: Lisa Brazieal

Marketing coordinator: Katie Walker

Copyeditor: Maggie Yates

Graphic Design and Layout: Graphben

Layout production: WolfsonDesign

Cover production: WolfsonDesign

ISBN: 978-1-68198-895-5

1st Edition (1st printing, August 2022)

Original French title: Rough: le dessin en 2 traits 3 mouvements

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Initial sketches before the final drawing, sketched in a simple notebook.

Introduction

Do you know how to draw a line? A square, a rectangle, a triangle?

Well then, congratulations! You know how to draw!

What you have in your hands is my first book. Thank you for that. This volume is the result of 30 years of adventures as an artistic director in the advertising world.

In my 30-year career, I have had to work on thousands of projectssome of them good, some of them less so; some of them thrilling and some of them ho-hum. It was a long journey that allowed me to develop my own drawing technique over time. There is nothing academic about it, but it allows me to meet the demands of my business: quickly getting ideas down on paper.

I dont have the knowledge, nor do I claim to, to offer you a class in anatomy, architecture, and design all at the same time. And yet the technique that I am going to suggest ought to be able to quickly allow you to draw a face, an expression, an attitude, a car, a scene

It will also allow you to understand the staging of a scene, a perspective, a framing, and a point of view in a given format.

This technique is based on putting together simple, easy-to-draw geometric shapes.

The examples you will find in this volume will, I hope, allow you to create your own models very quickly and use them in your daily work.

But at first, please dont skip ahead. The mistake that a lot of beginners make is to want to make a beautiful drawing right away, but in order to make a beautiful drawing, you first have to lay the foundations.

Dont be impatient. Take the time to look, to observe, to draw.

It took me a year to put this book together. That may be how long it takes you to master creating roughs!

Have fun!

Pierre Pochet

Rough: A Definition

A rough layout is a drawing technique that is used in publishing, film, advertising, and other artistic fields.

It is a relatively succinct drawing that allows an artist or a designer to quickly create a scene with one or more characters, a setting, a landscape, some objects and to present an overview of an idea, a scenario, or a layout of texts and images.

This prototype is a simple outline, in black felt marker, of the character or characters, staged in their environment.

The format may vary from a regular 8 1/2 x 11-inch page down to a quarter of that size, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, depending on the complexity of the drawing and the number of elements that need to be included.

While it is not a final product, this drawing technique requires an analytical understanding and an ability to grasp the big picture. The result will not be reproduced nor published but it will be used as the basis for creating a model that is in color and closer to the final product, called a push layout, or for creating the final photograph or illustration. It is also, and above all, a basis for discussion and a foundation for the dialogue between the artists and their clients.

Some examples of roughs: storyboard for a TV commercial; layout for a poster project; introduction of characters

Tools and Techniques

Markers

Specialized stationery stores stock a very wide choice of markers, from very fine to very thick and from very hard to very soft. Chisel-tip and brush-tip markers require a certain level of dexterity, so they are best avoided if you are a beginner.

The choice of width will depend on the size of your rough and the effect you want to achieve. To start with, I suggest choosing two kinds of marker that are easy to use.

A few examples of renderings showing different thicknesses of marker.