Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Underdrawing and Blending
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Underdrawing and Blending
Overview
“Would you like to know my special technique? I will uncover it in this lesson as I demonstrate how to underdraw. Then, the next step will be to blend using white spaces. This will add interest to the image.”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Underdrawing and Blending , 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you a technique you might not have heard of called underdrawing, as well as blending your drawing. to create your final piece. So you will have In the last lesson, on it light outline of your drawing onto your final piece of paper. So I'm going to show you a technique which is usually used in painting. As far as I know, nobody else uses this technique. And it's something that we did in earlier lessons, which will get you lots of depth and a really great quality drawing. So what I'm gonna do is, I know I always keep referring to the 2H, I'm gonna use the 2H ...”
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Course summary for: Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
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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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