Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Warm-up Exercises
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Warm-up Exercises
Overview
“Let’s get those pencils moving! How do you see the world and how do we put that on paper? Just like physical exercise, this lesson is designed to prepare you for your final drawing. ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Warm-up Exercises, 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
“ Warm-Up Exercises In this lesson, we'll do some warm-up exercises to get your pencil moving. Just like normal exercises, these exercises are designed to warm you up, to get you out of any block that you may have, and to improve your ways of looking, seeing, and drawing. I've got a natural history object here. You can pick any object, but I recommend something small that you can see easily. We will do two hard challenges. Don't worry if this comes out a bit funny, everybody's does. It's just a warm-up exercise. It's also getting you to think about how long it takes you to create something....”
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Course summary for: Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
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Category
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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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