Fairies Step-By-Step Instructions
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ANIME ART Fairies Step-by-step instructions www.Faber-Castell.com1 Step-by-step instructions: Anime Art Fairies The world of elves, goblins and nature spirits offers plenty of scope for exciting stories and beautiful drawings. The figure in our picture is a cheeky little fairy who is on her way through an enchanted forest. She has her back turned towards us, which means her delicate, semi-transparent wings are particularly prominent. She is looking at us over her shoulder, as if she were inviting us to come with her. What you will need: Anime Art Set Fairies, ruler, sharpener, eraser, scissors, 2x A4 sheets of drawing paper, 2x A4 sheets of watercolour paper, graphite paper + + 102 130 115 145 167 162 192 136 Wood from certified sustainable forestry To draw your figure, first make a bodily posture. That’s why her left preliminary sketch on the A4 drawing shoulder is raised slightly and her Step 01 paper. It is best to start with a simple back is shaped with a slight hollow. stick figure and then add the joints The drawing should not completely to it. You can bring out the playful, fill the A4 paper, because otherwise cheeky and nimble spirit of your there will not be enough room for the wood fairy by means of the correct background later on. 3 Give your fairy a little more plasticity also decide how much volume the by means of basic geometrical shapes body of your fantasy figure requires Step 02 such as cylinders. When doing this, so that it will have the typically tender make sure you draw the proportions and delicate shape of a fairy, whilst and the overlaps so that there are not at the same time not looking too thin too many lines meeting at one point. and fragile. In this step, incidentally, you must 4 Now give your figure hair, a dress, limbs a little more at this point. stockings, gloves and wings. Now you can also consider how Step 03 These wings extend for just less than spare the costume should be, and two thirds of the fairy‘s body size. how elaborate the other details can Turn the body a little more towards be at most, in order to avoid distract- the observer and give the head typi- ing from either the body shape or the cally elfish ears. If the new elements wings. This is why her hair has also give rise to undesirable overlaps, been kept rather short. you can improve the position of the 5 In the next step, build up your fairy plastic as possible. Also, you will completely as shown in the picture. be able to bring out the difference Step 04 Now you have completed your pre- between those parts of the picture liminary sketch. This will help you to which are opaque and those which are judge better which areas should later semi-transparent. You will also find it be coloured more delicately or more easier to decide what eye size is most strongly with the coloured pencils appropriate and how the folds of the in order to achieve a result that is as costume should run. 6 You can make your final alterations to to transfer the subject to a sheet of the preliminary sketch. The forms of A4 watercolour paper. Work over the Step 05 the fairy‘s body are now a bit fuller, lines again with a fineliner pen and the left leg more acutely angled and erase the pencil lines that are still the wings have been made smaller. visible. Following this, use graphite paper 7 dividual surfaces using the Art GRIP picture. For example, the wings and watercolour pencils. When doing this, clothes especially must be coloured Step 06 hold the pencil as flat as possible and more delicately so that they will ap- stroke it carefully over the paper in pear more transparent later on. You order to fill in the individual areas. can see the difference in the applica- We recommend placing your water- You should resharpen the pencil tion of colour on the hair, parts of the colour paper on an unused sheet of from time to time if required. To give costume and the rear wing which is paper. This will prevent the structure a greater impression of depth and achieved by painting over with a wet of the underlying surface (e.g. table three-dimensionality, you can reduce brush. This method enables you to panel) from pressing through. On the or increase the intensity of colour create various surface structures. fineliner drawing, ground out the in- application at particular points in the 8 The next step is to colour in all the you can achieve beautiful colour elements of the figure as shown in transitions and shadings really easily Step 07 the illustration. Don‘t forget to vary with a moist brush. The finished elf the intensity of colour application. is wearing cheerful, shining colours You can refer to your preliminary which underline the expression of her pencil sketch from step 04 to see playful character. Add more structure where the darker areas should be. to the wings and the fringes of her The ability to paint over Art GRIP costume after they have dried, using watercolour pencils with water means the fineliner. 9 sketch on a new sheet of DIN A4 The landscape has been kept rather drawing paper. Our fairy is standing simple, and the individual surfaces Step 08 in the middle of a living greenwood. are clearly separated from one an- Outline old trees with thick bark and other so that the fairy clearly stands in thick roots, standing amidst long the foreground in spite of her delicate Now draw in the background image, grass. The grid will help you to divide colouring in some areas. once again by making a preliminary the sheet of paper sensibly. 10 background according to the illustration yellow. Following this, paint over the using the Art GRIP watercolour pencils. various coloured areas with a moistened Step 09 At points where you want to create more brush, in order to create the soft transi- depth, you must follow up the shading tions between the colour applications of When you are satisfied with your of the area by applying somewhat more different intensity within the individual preliminary sketch, draw it out cleanly colour. In the spaces between the trees, areas of colour. Finer details such as the a second time on a new sheet of A4 you can create warm sunlight falling individual stalks of grass will be added watercolour paper. Then ground out the through the leaves by using a little in the next step. 11 As soon as the background has dried, more structure to the treetops and the Step 10 add individual stalks of grass and give bark by a dry application of colour. 12 As the last step, use a pair of scissors figure in front of the background. or digital tools (scanner and image Your own fancy wood fairy is now Step 11 processing program) to position your finished! 13 ANIMEANIME ARTART Anime Art FANTASY Anime Art COLLEGE Anime Art GOTHIC PITT artist pen • Pigmented India ink • Extremely lightfast • Waterproof, permanent • Odorless, acid-free, pH-neutral • Available in 58 colours MANGA Black Set MANGA Basic Set 4 PITT artist pen 8 PITT artist pen ( XS, S, F, M ) ( 6 x brush, S, M ) MANGA Shôjo Set MANGA Shônen Set MANGA Kaoiro Set 6 PITT artist pen brush 6 PITT artist pen brush 6 PITT artist pen brush A. W. 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