Graphics Reference
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CHAPTER
SIX
Hooved Mammals
Since prehistoric times, hooved mammals have been an important factor in
our lives for both food and hides, and as subjects for works of art. Early man
created drawings in caves that show how necessary these animals were for
human survival, both physically and spiritually. In this chapter, I focus on
both domesticated and wild hooved mammals.
The drawing at left is a montage of some hooved animals you might see on
a farm. Working with stick pastels, I filled in the first layers of color for the
sky and the grass with medium blues and greens, using sponge applicators
to apply the pigment. The soft white clouds were lifted out with an eraser. I
added loose foliage to the background trees with olive green colored pen-
cils, and indicated the path with yellow ochre. The foal was filled in with ter-
racotta pastel, and I left the piglet and lamb the white of the paper.
Next, I added colored pencil details to the background with various dark
greens and browns, with a little yellow ochre in the grass to warm it up.
When creating a drawing with a fairly detailed background, remember to
keep things in the distance soft; the only tight detail should be in the fore-
ground.
The foal's shading and details were achieved with dark brown and terra-
cotta colored pencils, leaving the white area as plain paper. Soft pinks and
raw sienna were rubbed into the muzzle and blended with a tortillion. The
eyelashes overlapping the eye were scratched out with a craft knife.
For the piglet and lamb, I added soft tone with a raw sienna colored pen-
cil and blended with a tortillion. More details were drawn in with a brown
colored pencil. The piglet's nose, ears, and around the eyes get their ap-
pearance from pink, terracotta, and brown colored pencils.
keys to drawing hooved mammals
