Level: Advanced Drawspace Curriculum 6.3.A18 - 14 Pages ...

Level: Advanced Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 7.9 Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 65.8 Drawspace Curriculum 6.3.A18 - 14 Pages and 23 Illustrations

Sweet Katie

the PITWEILER

Use an unconventional approach to drawing with a grid to create a photorealistic drawing of this mixed-breed dog or your own favorite pet

Resource: Module 3.1 Introduction to Shading

Supplies: paper, pencils (2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, and 8B), sharpener, sandpaper block, vinyl and kneaded erasers

This activity has four sections: ? Plan the Drawing ? Get Started with Ears and Eyes ? Detail a Nose and Shade Fur ? Shade a Mouth, Tongue, Teeth, Collar, and More Fur

Figure 1

Plan the Drawing

Katie is my sweet, lovable, mixed-breed dog whose pedigree may include Pit Bull, Rottweiler, and Beagle. She was adopted from our local SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) when she was two years-old.

Despite the horrors of her early life, today she is a very happy critter with the waggiest tail and the biggest smile you can possibly imagine.

Although the reference photo in Figure 1 is not highly detailed, it was adequate enough to create this drawing. Katie was more than happy to sit and pose when additional details were needed.

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The first task was to turn the colored photo into grayscale (Figure 2) so the range of values is easier to identify. (Most photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop has this feature.)

Even though the instructions in this tutorial are specific to drawing Katie, you can apply the overall process and the techniques used to create an original drawing of another animal.

If you are drawing your own pet, begin by drawing a grid on your photo. Photo editing software is ideal for drawing grids.

If you plan to draw a grid on a print image:

? use a ballpoint pen on paper with a glossy surface, or

? use a sharpened pencil or a fine tip, permanent marker on paper with a matte surface.

Photoshop was used to add a grid to the photo of Katie in Figure 3. You can either view or print off this gridded photo if you are drawing Katie. (No need to draw the glob of slobber on her mouth.)

1. Draw corresponding grids on your reference image and drawing paper.

The drawing of Katie is rendered on acid-free, heavy weight paper with a vellum surface.

Thanks to the slightly textured tooth of the paper, details are clearer and the individual hatching lines stay crisp without blurring.

The sheet of drawing paper used is 9 by 12 in (22.9 by 30.5 cm) ? slightly larger than the 7 by 8.2 in (17.8 by 20.8 cm) reference photo.

Each grid square on both the paper and the photo is 1 in (2.54 cm). Hence, the drawing of Katie is the same size as the photo, but smaller than the sheet of paper.

The extra space around the drawing allows for diverse framing options in the future.

Figure 2

As an Aside

Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, and other purebred dogs are sometimes included on lists of aggressive dogs. Thankfully, the SPCA have all their dogs assessed for aggressive tendencies before releasing them for adoption.

Tip!

For valuable information on drawing with a grid, refer to: ? 2.2.R13 Setting Up to

Draw with a Grid ? 2.2.A14 Draw Seamless

Outlines in a Grid

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Several grades of graphite with both Koh-I-Noor Rapidomatic mechanical pencils and Staedtler wood-encased pencils were used to render the drawing of Katie.

Figure 3

Figure 4 shows how lightly-rendered the grid on the paper is.

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Figure 4

2. Add corresponding numbers and letters to the grid on the photo and on your paper so you have a way to identify each square.

Refer to Figure 5 to see numbers and letters added to the drawing paper.

Also note the diagonal guidelines added to some grid squares to help with accuracy in the detailed sections.

Both Figure 5 and 6 were darkened in Photoshop so you can clearly see the outlines.

Figure 5

Get Started with Ears and Eyes

In this section, you draw her ears and the top of her head, then the fur around her eyes, and finally ? her eyes.

The drawing process begins in the upper left (Figure 5) and slowly progresses toward the right and then downward.

Instead of outlining the entire drawing before shading, the outlines are added to only a few grid squares at a time.

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Shading is then added to those grid squares before outlining the next section. Working in this manner challenges you to visualize the range of values in each small section rather than the whole photo at once.

A quick hint, though: white and the darkest values (shaded with an 8B pencil) are reserved for Katie's eyes, the primary focal point.

Figure 6

3. Outline the grid contents of squares B2, B3, C2, C3, D1, D2, D3, and E1.

Refer back to Figure 5 and the close-up view in Figure 6.

Drawing the contents of one grid square at a time is much simpler than trying to tackle a whole section at once.

Constantly refer to the numbers and letters on the photo to make sure you are working in the correct squares.

The process of outlining and adding shading in Steps 4 to 7 is the same for adding shading to the rest of the drawing.

Figure 7

4. Erase the grid lines and lighten the outlines with a kneaded eraser in squares B2 and B3.

5. Replace the outlines with furry lines that indicate the directions in which the fur grows (Figure 7).

Remember to erase your grid lines in each section before you begin shading.

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