Naturalistic Animal Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Photographing the Final Piece
A course by Amy Dover , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Photographing the Final Piece
Overview
“How do you photograph a drawing to capture its best side? In this lesson, I will explain how so that you can share your achievements with the world. ”
In this video lesson Amy Dover addresses the topic: Photographing the Final Piece, 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 some tips and techniques on how to photograph your work to make it look extra amazing. So you've created a wonderful drawing but you want to share it with the world. Most people now share their stuff on social media or other platforms. So you can scan in your work. And show it that way, but you might prefer to photograph it. So in this lesson, I'm going to show you how to photograph your work and different ways that kind of make it look a little bit better. One thing I would say is the kind of lighting makes a difference. So whether you have natural lig...”
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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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