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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Cape Buffalo Drawing

Here are a few steps in my new drawing of a Cape Buffalo and an Oxpecker bird. The first drawing shows how I get the entire basic shape of the animals down first and then I work on the eyes. If the eyes aren't right, the drawing will fail even is everything else is correct. I put together several photos in Photoshop to use for reference: adding the top of the horns which weren't on the original photo by dragging them from other photos, then adjusting the shape and angle so they looked right. Then I found several photos of oxpeckers and added the bird on his head.In the next shot you can see I have added much more detail to the center of his massive head!
This shot shows a closeup of the little Oxpecker.





Revelle Taillon at 12:07 PM
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I have been posting for many years, so scroll down while you are here, to see older classes, and some of my artwork. I have been teaching art for almost 15 years, and have a BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design from The University of Lowell in Massachusetts, and Old Dominion University in Virginia. My classes are in drawing, charcoal, drawing the head, drawing animals, pastels and acrylics. I rotate them at Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH, and I also teach some private lessons.
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