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Lesson 23a: How to Draw a scene called
"Prince on Mountain Top" continued

 

Adding details

Now I start filling in areas with detail.
Sometimes I look at a weapons, armor and weapons book that I have for ideas in those areas.
Mostly though, I just make it up as I go along. I wasn't real happy with how his left hand
and wrist area was turning out, but I was hoping to fix that as I went along.

Note from Will: David makes another great point here. Having medieval and drawing books are a great resource for ideas when you are drawing figures, weapons and armor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adding More Detail to the drrawing

 

. . . adding more detail . . .

 

You can see it is starting to take on a nice look

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

continuing to add more detail to the drawing

Here you can see David is adding more and more detail. It takes some time but it is worth it.

Below is a close up of the head and shoulders of the figure and David's explanation of what he does

"I like to draw the hair in actual many strands, the chain mail as actuall little circles for links. I start some shading on the helmet with various degrees of pressure of the pencil, starting very light and getting heavier in the areas I wish to darken".

Note from Will: David Makes a very important point there. Good skill with the pencil means varying the degrees of pressure you apply. You should always practice different pressures and use different pressures. It will increase the effectiveness of your drawing.

 

 

 

 

Close up of head and shoulders

 

Let's continue with this fantasy art lesson

 

 

 

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Fantasy Art Lessons

  1. lesson 1 - Holding the pencil and getting a feel for it and warming up with lines
  2. lesson1c how to draw a straight line
  3. lesson 2 - Drawing some simple geometric shapes
  4. lesson 3 - Understanding and using Perspective
  5. lesson 4- foreshortening in perspective
  6. lesson 5- Drawing depth and distance
  7. lesson 6-Using lines of varying thickness
  8. lesson 7- drawing form and shape with a medieval mace
  9. lesson 8- Drawing metal - We draw a medieval helmet
  10. lesson 9- drawing our first human form
  11. lesson 10- Distorting the human form to create fantasy creatures
  12. lesson 11 - doodling and creativity break
  13. lesson 12 - a Morning star mace - drawing textures
  14. lesson 13 - how to draw chainmail
  15. lesson 14 - How to convey action in your fantasy drawings
  16. lesson 15 - How to draw sword shapes
  17. lesson16 -draw an armored knight
  18. lesson 17 - Draw a fantasy dagger using the Five-S method
  19. lesson 18 - Creating space in your drawings - A Dragons Lair
  20. lesson 19 - Practice by drawing dragons
  21. Lesson 20 - Drawing from Memory
  22. Lesson 21 -Draw a Catapult
  23. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  24. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

Fantasy Art Lessons from Guest Artists

  1. How to draw a magical genie using Corel and Photoshop
  2. Lesson 22: A Guest artist discusses pencils, his technique and building a library of images
  3. Lesson 23: A guest artist shows us how to draw a prince warrior with an axe from start to finish

 

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