Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
About Me
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Who is Amy Dover? Where did she come from? And why on earth does she always have pencil sharpenings in her hair? Let me begin by introducing myself! ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil. Learn to draw realistic creatures by exploring traditional and contemporary techniques to create detailed pencil sketches.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hello, welcome. How are you? My name is Amy Dover. I am an artist and illustrator based in the UK, and I am a little bit obsessed with drawing our hairy, feathery, and scaly friends. In this lesson, I am going to introduce myself and tell you a bit about me. I love drawing animals and the natural world. Here is a very embarrassing picture of me with a monkey in Bali, stealing a banana out of my hand. I grew up in small villages on the edge of countryside in the UK, picking up frogspawn, catching newts and putting them back, watching squirrels, watching birds, all sorts of things ...”
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Course summary for: Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
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Areas
Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Amy Dover
A course by Amy Dover
Amy Dover is a UK-based artist and illustrator specializing in drawing our animal friends. She has worked as an artist for 14 years, has had her work exhibited internationally, and has collaborated with international animal charity organizations. Amy is a practice-based Ph.D. student at the School of Arts and Culture, Newcastle University, and has a master’s from Edinburgh College of Art. She also works as a senior academic at MIMA School of Art and Design at Teesside University.
Amy has recently been creating work on the human impact on endangered species and the sixth mass extinction, hoping to raise this as a critical concern. In addition to her activism and academia, she also works as a commercial illustrator in design, advertising, and publishing. Her clients include Target, Urban Outfitters, Redbull, The Royal Ballet, Barbour, Sperry Top-sider, Beels & Co, ThinkSpace, and many others.
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