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Alexandrasaunders   Comment Posted Apr.23rd, 2020, viewed 22 times

Wk3_Ex4_ Dog's Muzzle_Saunders

Ahhhhh. SO excited about getting to finally draw a dog's fur, BUT once I looked at it I honestly started to freak out. To even think of being able to draw something like you have drawn Mike is both daunting and scary! How could I ever possibly do this. So - I printed out your line drawing and transferred it to my good paper. But then I looked at it , and I looked at your drawing and I said to myself "No Way!!"So I went back to your drawing and I drew grid lines on it. Then I took transfer paper and drew a line drawing. Then I added the gridlines to the transfer paper. Then I worked out the negative spaces on the transfer paper . Once I felt I understood each square on the grid and the drawing in toto I transferred my guidelines on the transfer paper to my good paper. Once I had my guidelines on my drawing paper I now had the confidence to begin to adjust them using the gridlines to guide me. This is how I worked the whole drawing - I felt I needed to draw the nose and the mouth to lay down my darkest darks. Mike - you have made a convert out of me! Always always always in the past I have drawn light to dark. But no longer --- I want those darks to guide me :) and to let me "go down that rabbit hole to my own little secret world". :) :) So here she is . I cannot believe I have drawn this. Its just incredible to me that I could even approach the possibility of drawing something this complex. ( Please note : I did run out of time on the front fore locks hanging down below her lips. I tried to hurry this and of course, it backfired hence the messiness.

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