I pretty much have the drawings I want in order to practice painting fur and feathers that look more realistic than I’m able to do now. I have most of my drawings done with the help of my new toy, a 4 LED Tracing Board, which allows me to trace most anything that fits on the board. I then transfer the tracings to my sketch book using carbon paper. Then I can concentrate on studying the Keys to Painting Fur & Feathers, edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf.
Kingfisher and Parrot are previous drawings of mine that I retraced in order to do what I hope will be a better job this time.
Amber and Molly are our doggies. I traced these from photos I took of them.
Our cat, Abby, is typically on her back or on her side, as in this picture, thinking deep thoughts.
Smoke is a much more active cat, always about to leap from one place to the next.
The bear is a drawing by Claudia Nice in the Fur & Feathers book, borrowed to try to learn to add the fur.
The last two birds I found on the net and traced.
I’m studying the book, trying to absorb enough to get started. I think I’ll try to work in colored pencils first, so I’ll particularly study that section of the book. I’m having SUCH a good time with this. I love learning new techniques!
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