Cross-hatching is a method of drawing that describes light and shadow. The representation of light utilizes the white of the paper, while the shadow is created by the density of crossed lines. As we experienced in class last evening, cross-hatching is also very much an attitude about drawing and understanding what you see. The lines and marks we made described the forms in the still life and in some cases followed some of those forms like a cross contour, such as in Stephanie's drawing, where the lines wrapped around the large blue vase. Cross-hatching also makes you become more sensitive to mark-making. Practice in your sketchbooks by direct observation, and look at some work on-line by searching cross-hatch drawings.
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