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HOW TO DRAW A CROISSANT

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In Module 1 'How to draw a Croissant', I have represented a croissant as an object. By drawing the croissant in plan, elevation and section view, the croissant is no longer a piece of food, but an object which can be viewed differently, without the connotations that a croissant would normally carry. The two dimensional drawings on page two show the croissant as a map, where it depicts the features of the croissant as a simple flat surface. The axonometric drawing on page 3 is a way to represent the croissant in a three dimensional format, again exposing more features of the croissant which may only be seen at a forty five degree angle.

In order to make the croissant as realistic and accurate as possible, I photographed four croissants so that I was sure that I had the correct lighting and angles, which then helped me to obtain the best result for my drawings, as a clear and precise photo made the drawing step a much quicker and efficient process. I used cross hatching as a method to capture the shadows and the form of the croissant, contributing to the depth of the image. Then I have layered many small cross hatches of many different angles in the shadowed sections, and then used larger, spaced out cross hatching for the lighter and more highlighted features on the croissant. Furthermore, I decided to draw the axonometric drawing in pen as I believe that this truly links the three pages of my work and it connects to my own unique style better than the pencil rendered drawings do. I have also used pen to show the form of the croissant by bending the lines in the cross hatch around the curves and crevices of the croissant to show that it not just a smooth surface, but rather a complex and detailed three dimensional shape.

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