Sheepish Sheep: Brenda Hoddinott

SHEEPISH SHEEP
Brenda Hoddinott
I-12 BEGINNER: CARTOONS & CRITTERS
This fun project takes you step by step through the process of setting up proportional guidelines, outlining a cartoon of a sheep with all three families of lines, shading her wool with squirkles, and using hatching to shade her face, ears, and legs. This project is divided into the following three sections: SETTING UP PROPER PROPORTIONS: You lightly sketch all parts of this fun cartoon of a sheep proportionately correct. TRANSFORMING A SKETCH INTO A DRAWING: You make the various shapes of Dollys head, body, and legs look more realistic, by redrawing them with nice neat lines. SHADING DOLLY WITH SQUIRKLES AND HATCHING: You use squirkles to create the texture of wool on her head and body. Hatching is ideal for creating the three dimensional forms of her face, ears, tail, and legs, and hoofs. Suggested drawing supplies include good quality white drawing paper, various grades of pencils, kneaded and vinyl erasers, and a pencil sharpener.
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This lesson is recommended for artists from age 10 to adult with strong skills in hatching and squirkling graduations, as well as students of home schooling, academic and recreational fine art educators. Published by Hoddinott Fine Art Publishers, Halifax, NS, Canada 2004 (Revised 2008)
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SETTING UP PROPER PROPORTIONS

This fun cartoon of a sheep is outlined with all three families of lines and shaded with squirkles and hatching. Keep your initial proportional lines very light. Most of them need to be erased before you finish. As an aside, the lines in my actual drawing are much lighter than they appear here. Ive darkened them in a computer imaging program so you can see them well. 1. Draw a large rectangle as Dollys body.
FIGURE 1201
ART SPEAK
Drawing: is the application of an art medium to a surface so as to produce a visual image that visually defines an artists choice of drawing subjects from his or her own unique perspective. Curved lines: are created when a straight line curves (or bends). Proportion: is the relationship in size of one component of a drawing to another or others. Shading: refers to the various shades of gray in a drawing that create the illusion that the subjects are threedimensional. Shape: refers to the outward outline of a form. Basic shapes include circles, squares and triangles. Sketch: is a quick, representation or outline of a planned drawing subject. A sketch can also be a completed work of art. Squirkles : is a method of shading incorporating randomly drawn curved lines to create textured values and graduated value scales. I chose this name based on the method of morphing squiggles with circles to create shading.
Make sure you leave plenty of room on your drawing paper for her head, legs, and rear end. 2. Draw a triangle to mark the location of Dollys head. Notice that its tipped slightly to the right. It also cuts into the rectangle. 3. Draw a curved line sitting on top of the triangle, and curved lines inside the triangle. These lines indicate the shape of her head and face.
FIGURE 1202
Remember; dont press too hard with your pencils. Not only do these areas become impossible to erase or touch up, but they also leave dents in your paper.
Copyright to all articles, images, text, projects, lessons and exercises within this document belong to Brenda Hoddinott and may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes whatsoever without the written permission of Brenda Hoddinott. E-mail brenda@drawspace.com Web site http://www.drawspace.com
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Draw an oval shape (on the left) to mark the location of an ear. Sketch her second ear with a curved line for the lower section and a straight line for the upper section. 6. Draw a curved line as her nose. Draw slanted ovals as her eyes. Draw a curved line to indicate her rear end. Sketch straight lines at a slight angle to represent her legs (Figure 1205).
FIGURE 1204
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ART SPEAK
Contour drawing: is a drawing comprised of lines that follow the contours of the edges of various components of a drawing subject. Form: as applied to drawing, is the illusion of the three-dimensional structure of a shape, such as a circle, square or triangle, created in a drawing with shading and/or perspective.
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FIGURE 1205
The straight line on the far right is the only line that doesnt intersect the lower side of the large rectangle.
Her legs are sketched as straight lines for now, but in the next section you erase these lines and add curved lines that follow the contours of the forms of her legs.
-410. Connect the leg on the far right to her body) with another straight line. Sketch horizontal lines at the bottoms of her legs to mark the places where the hoofs will begin. Compare your drawing to mine and double check your proportions. Fix anything youre not happy with. The rough sketch is now complete, and all major sections of Dolly are in place proportionately correct.
FIGURE 1206
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TRANSFORMING A SKETCH INTO A DRAWING

In this section you make the various shapes of Dollys head, body, and legs look more realistic, by redrawing them with nice neat lines. 12. Use your kneaded eraser to lighten all your sketch lines until they are so faint that you can barely see them. Use a freshly sharpened HB or 2B pencil, and neat, thin lines to outline the shape of Dollys face. Outline both ears. Pay close attention to the directions in which the lines curve. 15. 16. Draw the shapes of the inside sections of her ears. Draw her nose. Dont forget to add a tiny c-shaped line on each end of her nose to represent her nostrils.
FIGURE 1208 FIGURE 1207
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Draw the outlines of her eyes (Figure 1209). Outline her two front legs with neat, thin lines (Figure 1210). Draw the hoofs on the ends of the legs. 20. Outline her tail as a small u-shape (Figure 1211). Add the rear leg that is closer to the viewer (Figure 1211). Draw the section of her other leg that is showing (Figure 1212). Add hoofs on the ends of both legs (Figure 1213).
FIGURE 1210
FIGURE 1211
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FIGURE 1212
FIGURE 1213
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Outline her body following the contours shown in Figure 1214.
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Check over your outline drawing and make any changes needed (Refer to Figure 1214). Pat your drawing with a kneaded eraser until the outlines are very faint (Figure 1215).
FIGURE 1215
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SHADING DOLLY WITH SQUIRKLES AND HATCHING

In this section you use squirkles to create the texture of wool on her head and body. Hatching is ideal for creating the three dimensional forms of her face, ears, tail, and legs, and hoofs. Both hatching and squirkling work best when rendered with a combination of the three following techniques: Use various pencils: 2H and HB work well for light values, HB and 2B are great for middle values, and 4B and 6B are good for dark values. Vary the density of the lines: Light values have lots of white space showing. In darker values, the lines are drawn more closely together, filling in most of the paper. Vary the pressure used in holding your pencils: Press lightly with your pencil for light values and a little harder for darker values.
ART SPEAK
Contrast: measures the degree of difference between the light and dark values within shading. Graduated shading (also known as a graduation or graduated values): is a continuous progression of values from dark to light or from light to dark. Texture: is the surface detail of an object, as defined in a drawing with various shading techniques. The senses of touch and sight help identify the surface texture of drawing subject. Values: are the different shades of gray created when you draw by varying both the density of the shading lines, and the pressure used in holding various pencils.
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Use graduations of squirkling to add shading to the top of Dollys head and body. Refer to Figures 1216 and 1217. The light source is from the upper left; hence, the shading is darker on the right and lower right.
TIP ART SPEAK

Light source: is the direction from which a dominant light originates. The placement of this light source shows you where to draw all the values and shadows.
If you have little or no experience with squirkling, refer to lessons D01 Squirkling Values and D02 Graduating Squirkles in the beginner section of Drawspace.com.
The squirkles under her face, along the perimeter of her body, and in the lower right sections need to be darker so as to present the illusion of three dimensions.
FIGURE 1217
-828. 29. Use your 6B pencil to shade in her eyes (but leave tiny white circles for the highlights). Add shading to her face, ears, and tail with hatching graduations. Refer to Figures 1218 to 1220. The shading is lighter on the right with lots of white paper showing through (2H and HB pencils). However, the shading on the left is considerably darker (HB and 2B pencils).
FIGURE 1219 FIGURE 1218
TIP
Always place a piece of clean paper under your hand as you draw. Each time you work on a new section, move your paper so its always under your hand. This protects the drawing from being smudged and from the oils in your skin.
FIGURE 1220
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Add shading to Dollys legs with 2H, HB and 2B pencils. Refer to Figures 1221 and 1222. The shading on the upper sections of the legs is very dark because they are in the shadow of her body.
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Add shading to the hoofs with 2B and 4B pencils. Refer to Figures 1223 and 1224. Take note that the shading is lighter on the left. Dont forget to leave white sections so the hoofs look three dimensional.
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Draw a shadow under Dolly. Refer to Figure 1225. The shadow underneath, makes Dolly look like she is standing firmly on the ground and not floating.
FIGURE 1225
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- 10 33. Sign your name, put todays date on the back of your drawing, and put a big smile on your face!
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CHALLENGE
Draw another sheep using this lesson as a reference. This time draw everything in reverse. In other words, draw the sheep as if it was facing in the other direction. Use your imagination and change anything you want. For example, you may choose to draw Dilbert the Dashing instead of Dolly, or even a baby sheep or a scary, evil looking one; or you can even turn your sheep drawing into a portrait of a poodle.
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BRENDA HODDINOTT - BIOGRAPHY

As a self-educated teacher, visual artist, portraitist, forensic artist, and illustrator, Brenda Hoddinott utilizes diverse art media including graphite, technical pen, colored pencil, chalk pastel, charcoal, cont crayon, and oil paints.
My philosophy on teaching art is to focus primarily on the enjoyment aspects while gently introducing the technical and academic. Hence, in creating a passion for the subject matter, the quest for knowledge also becomes enjoyable.
>Brenda Hoddinott<
Born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Brenda grew up in the small town of Corner Brook. She developed strong technical competencies with a personal commitment to self directed learning, and the aid of assorted Learn to Draw books. During Brendas twenty-five year career as a self-educated civilian forensic artist, numerous criminal investigation departments have employed Brendas skills, including Royal Canadian Mounted Police and municipal police departments. In 1992, Brenda was honored with a commendation from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and in 1994, she was awarded a Certificate of Membership from Forensic Artists International. Her home-based art career included graphic design, and teaching recreational drawing and painting classes. As supervisor of her communitys recreational art department, Brenda hired and trained teachers, and designed curriculum for several childrens art programs. In 1998, Brenda chose to end her eighteen-year career as an art educator in order to devote more time to writing, drawing, painting, and developing her websites. Drawspace http://www.drawspace.com incorporates her unique style and innovative approach to curriculum development. This site offers downloadable and printable drawing classes for students of all abilities from the age of eight through adult. Students of all ages, levels and abilities have praised the simple step-by-step instructional approach. This site is respected as a resource for fine art educators, home schooling programs, and educational facilities throughout the world.
LEARN-TO-DRAW BOOKS BY BRENDA HODDINOTT

Drawing for Dummies: Wiley Publishing, Inc., New, York, NY, this 336 page book is available on various websites and in major bookstores internationally. The Complete Idiots Guide to Drawing People: Winner of the Alpha-Penguin Book of the Year Award 2004, Alpha - Pearson Education Macmillan, Indianapolis, IN, this 360 page book is available on various websites and in major bookstores internationally.

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SHEEPISH SHEEP

SETTING UP PROPER PROPORTIONS

TRANSFORMING A SKETCH INTO A DRAWING

17. 18. 19.

Outline her body following the contours shown in Figure 1214.

SHADING DOLLY WITH SQUIRKLES AND HATCHING

TIP ART SPEAK

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