WILDLIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP

STEP 2 : outlining

Outlining in this step will be fairly similar to the Pet Drawing and Botanical Drawing Workshop. Begin with your smallest size fine-liner 005 and softly outline over all your pencil markings. Aim to keep your lines thin by not pressing too hard on your paper. This is an outline of your drawing not a final render. We don’t need any thick hard lines at this stage. Also remember to practice drawing with a piece of scrap paper under your drawing hand, to stop oils from your skin marking the paper. You can check the material list for artist quality fineliners: https://www.jessicajaneillustration.com/materials

As you draw over your sketch double check your photo reference to make sure you have the best representation of your animal. I generally begin at the face or top of the drawing and work my way down to the bottom. In most areas I will use soft thin lines to outline. in areas like shadows of black markings I will start with a small amount of stippling so the area is marked and recognisable but not rendered. Once your outline is complete and ink is dry rub out over the entire drawing. This will remove all those messy pencil lines. Grab a brush and wipe off excess rubber. Repeat if needed.