Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Light and Shade 1
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Light and Shade 1
Overview
“How do you create depth, light, and shade with pencils? This is essential for enhancing details and creating the illusion of depth. In this lesson, you will learn how to achieve this using different methods, which I will demonstrate step by step. For these exercises, you will need the file 'Light and Shade Worksheet' that I have provided below in the attached resources. ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Light and Shade 1, 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
“ Light and Shade In this lesson, I will introduce you to sketching with light and shade using just your pencils. This is essential in naturalist drawing to build up details and depth. I've created a worksheet for you and it's in the resources. If you want to work from that, it will make things a bit easier but if you don't want to, do it in your sketchbook. I have created one in my sketchbook for reference, which I'll be using for doing mine. You might want do it in your sketchbook, so you have it to refer to and you'll have exercises in there that might be useful for your future drawing. ...”
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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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