Drawing Lion & Primate Heads in Easy Steps - Painting & Drawing Tips

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Drawing Lion Head in Seven Easy Steps

1. Draw a horizontal, two crossing verticals and an X beneath, leaving an enclosure slightly deeper than wide.

2. Then draw two small eye circles below horizontal and outside of verticals. Place parentheses-like markings ( ) on either side of X directly below circles. Add curved chin line.

3. Draw large circle crossing center of X, with circle’s center even with bottom of eyes. Add looping ears extending out from circle almost as far as chin line.

4. Sketch mane's outline behind ears and on either side of cheeks. Let hair cup in and converge informally below chin. 

Paper And Board Discussion For Watercolor Painting

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Papers and Boards

Arches 140-Ib. coldpress, Arches 140-lb. hot press,Strathmore 2-ply plate finish bristol board, Crescent #112 rough watercolor board, and gessoed Aquarius watercolor paper. 

Discussion of each surface as follow.

ARCHES 140-LB. COLDPRESS

This paper has texture, and although it is possible to move paint around on it to a limited degree, the pigment tends to stay where you place it. You can achieve a soft look by laying in color and then spraying it with water, allowing the color to run. 

This technique works well on this paper although the color does not run as much as it does on other papers such as bristol board. Artist Generally soak and then staple this paper to a board, allowing it to dry completely before painting. This gives the tight surface wich some Artists prefer.

Brushes Tips For Watercolor Painting

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What are the proper Brushes For Watercolor Painting

This can be confusing for the beginning water colorist. 

Many people are natural collectors and seem to accumulate every gadget that comes along. If your pocketbook can afford it,nothing wrong with this.

Always experimenting and have acquired many materials for the purposes, however, We will only discuss the materials that are essential for the beginner to have.

From Left To Right : 2-inch sky-flow brush, 1.5-inch Flat, 1-inch Flat, 3/4-inch Flat, No.12 Round, No. 8 Round, No. 4 Round, Rigger and the last two are scrubbers.

BRUSHES

If we shold to choose which of my materials should be of the finest quality, it would be this brushes. The following is information on a selection of brushes with a wide range of costs.

6 Easy Step To Draw a Horse in Painting Tips

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1. Lightly sketch a rectangle with "run-over" lines.

2. About midway in the front find the shoulder point (a). Topping the two verticals will be the withers (b) and the apex of the hips (c).

3. Add the breast line (a), the belly line (b) and the buttocks line (c).

4. Sketch the neck and head (a-e). In many horses the neck is not too much longer than the head (see upper right diagram).

Establish me elbow (f) and stifle or patella (g).

5. sketch two sweep lines (front A and back A).

The back one should angle out more than the one in front and should be more curved. Add two fetlock knobs (a). 

6. Add a few finishing touches, keeping the final concept simple. Try several drawings until they look right.                                                                

Now, start developing the legs A through D. Notice the hoof (c) is, in each case, in front of the sweep line (step C). 

In D-front fish knee (d), and in D-back find the hock (d). Also, connect the fetlock with the hoof by two short parallel lines (e).

This approach to drawing a horse's foot will save infinite trouble later on. 

Study the enlargement E and F.

Taking Horse Head Points One by One 1 - Painting Tips.

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As a rule the first line to be set down in drawing a horse' s head is that running off the forehead (1).   Nearly always this line is slanted at 45' provided the horse is standing normally.   Having drawn line 1,  draw line 2.

The heavier the horse  (draft variety), the more parallel and farther apart lines 1 and 2 will be.   Line  3 may be less than 1/2 of line 4 in a light riding horse or more than 1/2  of line 4 in a heavy draft horse. (sketch lightly)

Next, sketch a little triangle in front of the above line  3.   Line  6 of that triangle  extends to join line 7 to make the chin.   Notice that,  as underdrawing,  short line 7 may be parallel with line  5.   About midway along the remainder of  the  original line 2, draw arc 8.   This is to be the bottom of the prominent cheek bone of the lower jaw.   This curve drops below straight line 2 about as far as does the little chin
triangle.