Crosshatching Seated Boy

For this assignment, all we needed was a pencil and knowledge of a new technique: crosshatching. 

We were shown a picture of a seated boy and we observed the different value changes throughout the picture--most notably, the abrupt value changes. This assignment allowed us to practice this new technique as there were numerous areas with different values, gradual value changes, and abrupt ones. We used a grid to divide the image so that it would be simpler for us to fill out the image on our larger sketch paper. I began by using contour lines to draw the boy himself, as he would be the focal point of the composition. Once the boy himself was done, I could start on the value changes. I decided to start out on the corners, further away from the boy, so that I could practice my technique, as it was the first time I used the crosshatching technique. Once I was confident with the technique, I began to focus on the values around the boy, and the values on the boy himself, as there were numerous abrupt value changes around him.