I always seem to forget to take pictures when doing these How To’s, this time
was no different. So let me catch you up. After I combined the sheets, I cut out
the stencil as mentioned above. On this picture I also separated the brown from
the white, which will stay in place until the end. I then mounted the image to the
illustration board by placing magnets on the front and back to hold it in place. I
picked out the darkest areas and cut those out first. I misted a red brown dark mix
of ETAC EFX into the dark areas; then spray in a layer of red brown on the image
leaving the white covered. In this picture you can see I’m working with an easer to
help define the fur.
Now we pick up on the photos. The ETAC EFX paints erase easily off the Hot Press
board; I use a Faber-Castell Perfection 7058B pencil eraser (this one has the
Brush end) and begin laying out the flow of the hairs. As a precautionary measure
I wear gloves to keep from getting moisture on or rubbing the paint off with my hands.
I continue laying out the hairs, checking my reference to see how it flows with the
muscles. Here I go in with the Xacto and scratch some of the higher points of his
face. This is the rough layout so if mistakes are made, don’t sweat it. You can also
try different Xacto Blades at this point, curved or angled will give different results.
Remember, it’s just the layout.
The ear does not appear to have a lot of hairs on it in my reference, so I change
to a Kneaded Eraser and erase certain highpoints of the ear. The Xacto or pencil
eraser would have left lines, so I chose the kneaded eraser. Just like you experi-
mented with the different blades, try different erasers and see what results you
get.
Here you can see I have my “initial” layout completed. Notice the flow of the dif-
ferent hairs, adjust and make any corrections at this point because this is the
foundation, the next layers will just follow this flow.
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