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Kelli Swan - The Creative Process

Step by step illustration of how Kelli creates her montage drawings

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Drawings Step 1
Once the topic for the drawing has been chosen, various a number of sketches are done as studies. From these studies, a final line drawing is created. That drawing is then transferred onto acid-free drawing paper using a 2H or HB pencil.
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Drawings Step 2
After the final line art is completed, rendering begins on any background areas. These scenes are intended to fall back in value from the primary scene and therefore are renderd with a variety of H pencil leads.
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Drawings Step 3
Rendering of the primary image area now begins. Values of light and dark areas are relatively conservative at this point as it is important to monitor contrast between various subject matter. An HB pencil is used for this stage of drawing.
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Drawings Step 4
As the piece develops, overall comparisons grayscale values can be made. The detail areas and light/dark values are finalized. 2B-9B pencils are used for very dark values. Occasionally, a kneaded eraser is used to lift out lighter values.

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