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On my 640g HP watercolour paper I have lightly airbrushed some Yellow light, Cobalt blue and Viridian. Once this had dried completely I sketched up my design.
STEP ONE
On my 640g HP watercolour paper I have lightly airbrushed some Yellow light, Cobalt blue and Viridian. Once this had dried completely I sketched up my design.
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Once I have an animal in mind which I am interested in painting, I ask the owners if I can take some photos. In this case it is a neighbour’s dog, a Pomeranian called Max.
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Using the recent plein air pastel painting as my reference and with a stick of Vine Charcoal, I drew in the major shapes of my landscape composition on to a half sheet of Art Spectrum Storm Blue Colourfix sanded paper.
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After tracing the drawing onto the scratchboard using Loew Cornell transfer paper, I have scratched the major lines and area around the eyes and ears using a scalpel
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Using the photo as reference material, I crop it to what I regard as an interesting part, then alter the line of the wave to help create distance and lead the eye further into the composition.
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I always start with a 2B pencil, making sure to draw lightly this provides me a margin of error which allows me to revise as the drawing develops.
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Scale up your drawing or image onto the tracing paper using a grid method you are comfortable with.Position the tracing over the pastel paper.
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Sketch – roughly sketch the general outline and proportions of the piece using the black pastel
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The detail contained in the reference photo required the page to be squaredup with a 4cm grid. I was then able to accurately establish the basic composition of the sketch,
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Using your finished drawing (or photo), make a tracing of the outline. Tape the traced line drawing to the top of the scratchboard.
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I always work from A4 photos, so once I have chosen the photo I want, I usually print about four copies in black and white and one in colour.
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I make a very light, and I do mean very light, outline of where the main or central image is going to be placed on my board, pencilled in using White 101.
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On my 51cm x 61cm canvas I sketched up my design using an H grey lead pencil. Although we didn’t have a rooster I decided to put this fellow in to add extra interest to the whole picture.
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Firstly, choose a suitable image. Make a line drawing of it, use moderate pressure and transfer the line drawing onto the scratchboard using the white graphite paper and stylus or biro.
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I start by outlining the image I want to do. Velour isn’t very forgiving if you make a mistake, so you will need to be careful. Consider drawing your image first and then using something like carbon paper to transfer.