Arrowhead drawings

[Older The Better]

I like to sketch out my finds, I was thinking today about looking at some better drawings to see how they do it… there was a member here probably a few years back that had some drawings done of their finds, I don’t remember who or when but I was curious to see them again. Anyone remember what I’m talking about? Maybe help me with the information, pics, or a name to google? … so far google image search just wants to show me clip art and tattoos…

not much help when looking for the details that make a good drawing

Doesn’t seem like a good post without something to look at

 

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[Relicgrubber]

Kenny Resser

 

[Older The Better]

Great suggestion I see he adds a little shading to get things to pop some more. Thanks for pointing me the right direction.

 

[Reulte]

Try your local archaeology school... might be some student willing to work on their skills for a term paper or something.

 

[Older The Better]

I don’t mind doing it, I was just wanting to get better I’ve figured out a few different things like running those little lines parallel to the way the flake was driven which a lot of times meaning turning 90 on the bases… I used to think it was just a light source deal… also not trying to do it with a cheap ball point pen helps, but I was hoping to see how they do the notches or places where they have step and hinge fractures or stacks… things like that are tricky

 

[Reulte]

Agreed, it's tricky.

I'm not sure but I believe there are archaeology specifics (like you mention lines parallel to the bulb of the flake). Maybe the arch. department can suggest a textbook or monograph or journal article to give you best practices.

ETA: Or try looking at some pictures of arrowheads in scholastic journals.
Here's one - scroll down towards the bottom which has some good pictures

Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant

A multi-dimensional seriation analysis of arrowhead assemblages from Neolithic sites in the Levant is presented. An attempt is made to correlate the relative dating obtained by seriation with stratigraphie evidence and available C-14 dates. The implications of the analysis for the study of...

books.google.com

 

[Tdog]

This may seem like cheating but I've seen good results with tracing paper used on black and white photographs. I can see where it could be used as a teaching aid. Just throwing it out there.

 

[Relicgrubber]

I have both of Kenny's Texas Series Prints in frames. This is the one I have in my office.

 

[Older The Better]

I saw those, I’m tempted to get one, for sure if there was a Kansas one.

 

[MAMucker]

I like to sketch out my finds, I was thinking today about looking at some better drawings to see how they do it… there was a member here probably a few years back that had some drawings done of their finds, I don’t remember who or when but I was curious to see them again. Anyone remember what I’m talking about? Maybe help me with the information, pics, or a name to google? … so far google image search just wants to show me clip art and tattoos… View attachment 2037772not much help when looking for the details that make a good drawing

Doesn’t seem like a good post without something to look at

Very nice!

 

[Older The Better]

Forgive the id’s I’m not convinced beyond the first Hardin that I’ve got the others right, but I think sketching my grandpa’s collection is coming along nicely. They are in pairs, the first is as is, the second is a best guess what the original point looked like.

 

[Older The Better]

For the sake of wrapping up my previous post, it was a bit more tricky doing the non arrowheads, some came out a little wonky compared to the real deal but it was good practice

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I like to sketch out my finds, I was thinking today about looking at some better drawings to see how they do it… there was a member here probably a few years back that had some drawings done of their finds, I don’t remember who or when but I was curious to see them again. Anyone remember what I’m talking about? Maybe help me with the information, pics, or a name to google? … so far google image search just wants to show me clip art and tattoos… View attachment 2037772not much help when looking for the details that make a good drawing

Doesn’t seem like a good post without something to look at

OTB, you did an excellent job drawing that artifact!
I used to do just that for the USFS.., during the long wintery days in the office….