Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil
Introduction to Carbon Dust
A course by Ella Nitters , Medical and Scientific Illustrator
About the video: Introduction to Carbon Dust
Overview
“To finish this unit, I will show you how you can use carbon dust as a base layer to create a smooth drawing using graphite pencils and eraser pens. ”
In this video lesson Ella Nitters addresses the topic: Introduction to Carbon Dust, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil. Learn to depict the intricate details of human and animal anatomy using graphite pencils, from sketching and linework to texture, contrast, and volume.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Introduction to Carbon Dust In this lesson, I'll show you how to use carbon dust as a base layer and combine it with graphite pencil. This is a quick alternative for smooth rendering as the previous process takes long, as you’ve seen. Sometimes as a medical illustrator when I'm working on a commission, I don't have that time, so I use this technique. The material I use is a carbon pencil. Carbon is a mixture of charcoal and graphite. You can buy the pencil separately. This is a Conté pencil and you can also buy boxes with four by Wolff's. I have a little knife that I use to scratch off th...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing
Ella Nitters
A course by Ella Nitters
Ella Nitters is a medical and scientific illustrator from Rotterdam, Netherlands. As a child, she was phobic of human anatomy, especially skeletons, but, influenced by her grandfather, was always interested in drawing. Her degree in industrial design engineering from Delft University of Technology helped her consolidate a combination of analytical thinking and creativity. After deciding to pursue illustration, anatomy slowly became an important part of her work, and she discovered that fear and fascination often go hand in hand.
The aim of her art is clarity, and her process consists of getting lost in the scientific details of organic structures. She works for a variety of clients on projects relating to surgical procedures, patient information, medical innovations, and scientific articles. In 2018, she won a World Illustration Award for her representation of the microsurgery done on a rat.
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