with Laura Sommer

Class 1:

• About Laura
• Discuss the techniques used.
• Look at materials used
• Mark making exercise
• Making the marks for polar bear, elephant and octopus
• Analyzing a photo to discuss the texture, value, pattern of fur etc.

Class 2:

• The power of the grid
• Draw the polar bear outline in pencil
• Demonstrate the drawing of the eye, nose, mouth, paws.

Class 3:

• Light value sketch.
• Direction of fur
• Discuss the darker values and draw them
• Demonstrate the use of white pen as and when necessary

Class 4:

• Changing a drawing
• Talk about "new eyes"
• Scanning and printing
• Discuss the color on the photo
• Discuss water-color paint, sizes of brushes, water pot, tissue, scrap paper etc.
• Demonstrate the use of water-color paint
• Apply water-color to the print

Class 5:

• Complete polar bear painting.
• Color combos

Class 6:

• Analyzing a photo and discuss texture, value and marks required to draw it.
• Sketch the outline of the elephant
• Draw the elephant eye, ears, trunk etc.

Class 7:

• Racap the image of the elephant and how it will apply to the drawing
• Drawing textures and values from the picture
• Dealing with texture spacing

Class 8:

• Discuss previous drawing of the elephant and use of color.
• Add color combos to several prints of the elephant

Class 9:

• Print sizes
• Demonstrate cutting and put prints in frames
• Ideas of possible products

Bonus Class:

• Octopus drawing and stippling technique

Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Detailed Animal Drawing

Time table:
9 hours

Level:
Basic / Intermediate / Advanced

Target market:
Drawing artists, illustrators, painters, watercolor artists, anyone who loves drawing or want to start a new hobby or career.

Main objective:
Learn how to draw detailed animals in pen and watercolor.

Prerequisite:
None