Draw a Hibiscus FlowerThe Hibiscus is known almost all over the world in particular in warmer countries like here in Australia where I live.
Australian's love Hibiscus due to its toughness, the fantastic colours and because it is attracting Lorikeets, one of our most colourful birds. It is commonly used to make tea and consumed as food in particular in Mexico. Further it is known to have a variety of medical uses. |
Draw a LabradorThis dog bread is known in particular for their frequent training as aids to the blind but is also used for law enforcement. There are the lighter version, the yellow Labrador and the chocolate lab.
We are drawing the darker type. Always draw the main underlying tonal value before adding any extra details, this will calm the image. |
Draw a BeauceronThe Beauceron is a guard and herding dog breed.
For this to work well you need to catch the underlying mid-tone and add to almost all areas apart from complete white sections. Then you draw the darker areas on top, but you can smooth the dark areas by adding another lighter pencil on top again. |
Draw a Pink Ice ProteaI love these hardy Australian flowers that hold such amazing magenta pinks in different tints. But also for drawing they are a beautiful subject to draw.
For botanical drawings I use a lot of the harder pencils to achieve the smoothness, but also a differentiation in tonal value which the darker pencils on their cannot achieve. |
Draw Peony BudsPeony flowers are exquisite and so are their buds. It is a complicated flower with its own will and asks for a very specific treatment or it won't flower. Many call it the flower that won't produce blooms.
As you can by now see these drawing have been done with a the harder and lighter pencils. |
Draw a CatThis drawing should be fun. After having done the outlines, give the overall image a layer of a nice mid tone, in this rare case I would suggest to use even a paper stump or hog hair brush to soften its feel. I hardly ever use those tools, but let's have some fun. Note how even and harmonious the mid-tone is calming the work and only a few darker section will be added and some lighter part erased with a pen eraser.
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Draw a Puffin BirdThese cute little birdies also called "Sea Parrots" are unfortunately in decline since the 19th and 20th century due to the destruction of their habitats and are hunted for their feathers, eggs and meat which is still a delicacy in Iceland.
They are strikingly beautiful and unusual birds. |
Draw a LemonThe texture of this lemon is created by creating one layer of hatching lines that are nicely and evenly spaced and parallel to one another. The next layer is right on top only slight tilt from the former layer. This creates unusual bubbles that appear as texture. I never use cross-hatching this way unless I really want some texture, usually one layer is at least 45 degree different to the next layer.
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Draw a Sea HorseSeahorse are small marine fish also called Hippocampus. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Greek word hippos meaning "horse" and kampos meaning "sea monster". From a young age I have been fascinated with them, as they are so cute and have an innocence about them. They are for sure fascinating creatures.
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