Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Adding Details and Texture 2
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Adding Details and Texture 2
Overview
“By now, you should see the texture of my panda's fur starting to take shape, suggesting the required depth. Here, I will continue to demonstrate how you can employ the different pencil grades and drawing techniques to achieve the look you desire. Towards the end of this lesson, I will refine my sketch using darker pencils to draw out the finer details. ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Adding Details and Texture 2, 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
“ Adding Details and Texture We're starting to get the texture of the fur in here. You want to be light. You can even go down to 4H or 5H when you're doing this but I like to stick with a 2H. I know you're probably sick of me saying 2H now, but you can be really gentle with your marks to pick up these super light detail here. You want to just suggest that there's some depth in here, as there are highlights too. You'll see that this isn't quite as much depth as I'd like, so you can go in with maybe an HB. It would be quite good to pick up this darkness, so you can go back over things like we...”
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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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