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Art Gallery - Animals
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Wolf © Theresa 2004
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Medium: graphite pencil
| Artist Statement: 'This is one of my drawings... I don't know how good they really are. I like to draw Dogs more then anything .I'm working on my mother in-laws pit bull Samson right now and its turning out very well. I'm a 24 year old and always was told that I could draw.I just would like to know how well I can draw and what can I do to make them better and advise would be wonderful... Thanks for looking.'
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| Guide Comment: This is quite a good start - you've observed the overall form pretty well, and you're not afraid to use dark values, which is good for a beginner. You've tended to outline the image then fill in some values, without really observing the form - the muzzle of the wolf looks rather flat. You can take two approaches to this: use shading and line to help you describe the simple three-D forms (imagine the muzzle as a cylinder), observing the fall of light and shadow, and shading that in - this is called using global tone. To get a high degree of realism, you need to use local tone. To do this, you need to observe very closely every little change in value. Begin with a faint outline, then carefully and accurately shade in the details. You draw areas of tonal value, not lines. From this, the three-D form will naturally emerge.
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