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Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil

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Overview

Learn to depict the intricate details of human and animal anatomy using graphite pencils, from sketching and linework to texture, contrast, and volume
  • Introduction
  • Basic Drawing Techniques
  • Elaborate Pencil Drawing
  • Additional Options: Color and Carbon Dust
  • Final project
Anatomical illustration is an opportunity to draw the delicate intricacies of human and animal life. For medical and scientific illustrator Ella Nitters, winner of the World Illustration Award for Microsurgery of a Rat, recreating realistic corpses is all about celebrating the beauty of life.

In this online course, explore the fundamentals of anatomical illustration with graphite pencils, and develop your skills for creating hyperrealistic drawings. Learn about humans and animals through a scientific and artistic lens by capturing what you see on paper.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • The Materials
  • Sketching Lines and Shapes
  • Drawing Volumetric Shapes 1
  • Drawing Volumetric Shapes 2
  • Rendering with Graphite Pencil
  • Rendering Volumetric Shapes
  • Reference and Research
  • The Line Drawing
  • The Rendering 1
  • The Rendering 2
  • The Rendering 3
  • Scanning and Coloring the Graphite Drawing 1
  • Scanning and Coloring the Graphite Drawing 2
  • Introduction to Carbon Dust
  • Intro to Anatomy Drawing with Graphite Pencil

Taught by

Ella Nitters

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