Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Mostly charcoal sheep

Along with birds and mushrooms I've been drawing sheep, specifically Scottish black-faced sheep... very appealing critters.

Here's a quick charcoal sketch of what immediately comes to mind when I think "sheep":

Sketchy.

The next two are graphite and charcoal.

Facing front:


And to the left:


I am finding that sheep - as with elephants, hippos and other "bulky" animals - are very much defined by the subtleties of their outlines.

2 comments:

  1. I love anything to do with sheep!! I really like the front facing drawing...

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