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Tonight we will practice drawing a complex pattern on top of the 2D form without visually flattening the surface. I will demonstrate how to sketch the form, apply the form and general coloring, and add the patterns last in Micron pens or graphite, depending on the darkness of the lines, to imitate the look of a hand-colored lithograph.
You can choose any of the fish below to start in class. As homework, you may complete one of these or choose another source to work from.
All of these are taken from the Journal des Museum Goddefroy and are hand-colored lithographs.
LINK TO CLASS RECORDING HERE
BONUS MATERIAL HERE ON UNDERWATER PAINTING TECHNIQUES (you are not expected to develop an underwater scene for this project, but this instructional video are optional)
Above: my unfinished copy of the fish on the left. To imitate the hand-colored litho, I used a graphite pencil and ink washes.
Notice how pale gray the lines in the original are. These are obviously easier to imitate with graphite than a Micron pen. The fish in the images above are also hand-colored lithographs, but the lines are darker, so a Micron pen would work well for those.
For a recorded demonstration on how I copied the litho, click here.
Illustration of Merpeople from the
Encyclopedia Londonensis, pub. 1818
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