Heather D Lewis -Artist and Drawing Tutor
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TEACHING VIDEOS
Videos below are from Heather's recent Saturday am Nature Drawing 6 week courses for experienced Graphite Group members & previous students.
They are for student use to assist with homework & accompanying handouts provided.
Videos do not include commentary.
GRAPHITE SKY AND CHARCOAL SEA.
Videos 1 and 2
Graphite powder was used for the sky and was applied with a large, flat acrylic brush. Cotton wool pads were used to blend the graphite powder into the paper.
The sea was rendered initially in vine charcoal, then compressed charcoal. Wolff Carbon pencils and charcoal pencils were used for detail and erasers were used to take out highlights.
WATER DROPLETS ON A HOSTA LEAF
The dark shadow underneath the droplet is rendered in Onyx pencil. A mixture of graphite pencil grades between H and 3B were used within the droplet. To create texture, a B pencil was used on its side to pick up the 'tooth' of the paper.
AMMONITE VIDEOS 1 AND 2
Sgraffito technique was used in both of these videos to make an indentation into the paper. This is then shaded over, leaving white areas which with further rendering can be made to appear as if they project outwards. Graphite pencils between H and 3B were used, often on the side to pick up the 'tooth' of the paper and a technique called 'squirkling' was used for further texture.
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VIDEO 1
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VIDEO 2
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VIDEO 1
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VIDEO 2
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PRIMROSE PETAL IN GRAPHITE POWDER AND PENCIL
The shape of the petals were drawn out in graphite pencil first, then graphite powder was applied with a round brush gradually.
A cotton wool pad was used to brush off excess graphite powder and also to blend the powder into the surface.
A putty eraser was used to take out highlights.
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PANSY PETAL IN GRAPHITE POWDER AND PENCIL
The background behind the petal was rendered initially in 3B pencil and blended out with a combination of 3B - B grade pencils.
Graphite powder was applied to the petal and built up in layers and H/HB/B pencils were used to build up additonal texture along with a pointed tip eraser.
Note: the video image is taken from a different photo to the image right.
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WATER SOLUBLE GRAPHITE PENCILS
Links below to two Youtube videos showing how to use water soluble graphite pencils
DERIVAN LIQUID PENCIL
A video on how to use this exciting new product by the SAA (Society for all artists - www.saa.com)
Water wave in graphite pencil
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viewing time.
DRAWING WET SAND
The video below shows Heather drawing a 'stripe' of wet sand from her image below right. A combination of the following materials were used:
Charcoal, Wolff Carbon Pencils, Onyx Pencil, graphite pencils from grades H - 3B, putty eraser, Tombow Mono pointed tip eraser and sgraffito technique using embossing tools.
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XL GRAPHITE BLOCKS
This video shows the basic ways of using XL Graphite Blocks.
Grades of 'Soft' and 'Very Soft' were used along with 'Raw Umber'.
XL Graphite Blocks also include other basic colours.
USING INK PENS
Click on the links below to see YOUTUBE videos showing basic hatching techniques using ink pens, drawing textures and drawing a tree.