Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Trace Drawing
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Trace Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, we will transfer that messy sketch onto a new sheet of paper. This will be the canvas of your refined drawing. The placement of these lines should be well-considered, as this will be the skeleton of your final piece. ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Trace Drawing , 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
“ Trace Drawing In this lesson, I'll take my initial sketch and show you how to trace it onto your final piece of paper. You've done your initial sketch and now, you'll transfer it onto your final bit of paper, so it's nice and neat. Go as messy as you want in your initial sketch to get it right, but things get neater at this point, so you have a beautiful final piece. On the table here, we've got a projector. You don't need to use a projector, this is just the way I prefer to do it. I like to project my sketch onto my final piece of paper so I can trace the lines and get it into the right ...”
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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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