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What is the first step in drawing feathers? |
Begin with a pencil drawing of the feather tracks (groups), delineating the positions and shapes of each of the primaries and secondaries. Also Lesser coverts, Alula, Primary coverts, Median coverts, Greater coverts, tertials. |
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What is the second step in drawing feathers? |
Next, render the vanes of each feather and the characteristics such as dark bar markings and feather vane breaks. |
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What is the third step in drawing feathers? |
Render where necessary to define separations between fibers in the vanes, and then apply pigment to darken shadows and build suttle variations of color. See page 58. |
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Next step ? |
Show highlights on the individual feathers where the light strikes. |
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What is important to remember regarding direction as you draw? |
Draw in the direction of the feather structure. |
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Next step ? |
Drawing the feather textures. |
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What is your overall approach to rendering feathers? |
Render feather groups. |
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What should you include for each feather? |
Create shadows for each individual feather. |
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What details can you include for each feather? |
Rachis, vanes and vanes separations. |
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How do you render the markings on the feathers? |
Just suggest the markings. |
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What should you do first in rendering the values |
Model each feather individually. Do the lighter values first. Use layers. Further develop the markings. |
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How do you represent the imagined textures of the feathers? |
Emulate the feeling of soft with soft pencil strokes and the larger Wing feathers, flight and tail feathers with bold defined lines. |
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Expand on the representation of imagined feather textures. |
Soft feathers are represented by soft pencil Strokes. Larger wing, flight and tail feathers are indicate strength and rigidity with bold, well defined lines. |
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What is the effect of the soft lines and the bold lines? |
The bold lines well defined lines act as a contrast to the soft ones and add interest to the drawing. |
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When drawing feathers, where do you start? |
First draw the basic foundation or feather groups. |
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What is the second step in drawing feathers? |
The second step is to soften the foundation lines. |
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What is the third step of drawing |
Add markings and make them evidnt but not over hard. parentheses |
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What is the fourth step in drawing feathers? |
Add general shadows to give them form. |
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What do we add for larger, harder feathers? |
Work out the basic silhouette and correct placing and Arrangement. Note which barbs are separated. |
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What is important between the feathers? |
Shadows. They unify the drawing and separate the feathers. |
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What is the final step on special species markings? |
Add darker tones to special markings were needed. |
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What do the eyes mirror in creatures? And why is it important? |
The character of the creature. The characteristics of the creature, reflected in the eyes, is important to portray to capture the essence of the creature. |
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In portraying the eye, what else must be considered to capture character? |
The surrounding eyelashes, brows, Etc in all their different forms. Attention to detail is a essential. |
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Within the eye, what must we carefully observe and portray? |
Reflections, highlights, various flecks of pattern sometimes surrounding the center. |
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What do we need to pay attention to around the eye? |
Shadows cast by the brows, and lashes. |
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Name four parts of the feather and define. |
Shaft, barb (grow out from shaft), barbule (grow out from barb) , barbicel (also grow out from barb). |
