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Oaxacan Dotted Elephant

Dots, Dots, Dots!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/oaxacan-dotted-elephant • Posted by Carla Sonheim

This elephant is inspired by beautiful Oaxacan wood animal carvings. Here’s how to do it:

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

This elephant is inspired by beautiful Oaxacan wood animal carvings. Here’s how to do it:

Instructions

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    Doodle some scribbly elephants in your sketchbook. Pick the one you like best, and scan into the computer. Enlarge to fit nicely on an 8″x10″ paper; print (I printed on 140# Fabriano hot press watrcolor paper, but any paper will work).

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    With a black permanent marker, draw in curvy lines around the existing lines. Think "thick & thin." Fill in the thicker areas.

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    Paint a light layer of watercolor, using several colors.

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    Using markers and colored pencils, color in your elephant with lines, dots and patterns until you are pleased.

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    Here is a detail.

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    Finish with a white paint pen. Add dots along the black lines, and any other place you feel needs a little white. (Note: This project first appeared in my book "Drawing & Painting Imaginary Animals."