Every year my family spends time at Halls Gap, which is located in the magnificent Grampians National Park, Victoria, and this is where I took the reference photograph I’m using for this demonstration. At the time, I was meandering alongside a massive line of trees which were the end of the grassed area and beginning of the bush. I could see civilisation behind me yet my eyes where focused on these majestic trees which towered above me. I could close my eyes, smell the eucalypt, reach out and touch the rough bark. I took many photographs but I chose this one particularly for the brilliant textures of the bark.
STEP ONE
Using a large steel ruler, draw a grid with the 2H graphite pencil on both photocopied reference and your working surface. Always number the squares so you don’t lose track of your position. Very lightly sketch as many details as you want for your under
