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    Drawing Elephants

    Nov 15, 2017 2 minutes
    By Janina Jackson

    MATERIALS

    • Fabriano paper 250gsm.

    • Derwent graphite pencils in soft and hard ranges (4B, 2B, HB, H, 2H).

    • Staedtler mechanical pencils 0.3, 0.5 and 0.9 width; with HB and 2B leads.

    • Tortillon stumps.

    • Colour blender.

    • Blu Tack.

    • Masonite board.

    • Bulldog clips.

    • Blank A4 paper.

    • Tracing paper.

    STEP ONE

    I chose several different reference photographs of

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