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  Fairies
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     Anime Art 
  Step-by-step instructions
  
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  Fairies
  Step-by-step instructions:
  Anime Art 
  the world of elves, goblins and nature spirits offers plenty of 
  scope for exciting stories and beautiful drawings.  
  The figure in our picture is a cheeky little fairy who is on her way 
  through an enchanted forest. She has her back turned towards us, 
  which means her delicate, semi-transparent wings are particularly 
  prominent. She is looking at us over her shoulder, as if she were 
  inviting us to come with her. 
  What you will need:
  Anime Art Set Fairies, ruler, sharpener, eraser, scissors,  
  2x A4 sheets of drawing paper, 2x A4 sheets of watercolour paper, 
  graphite paper 
  
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  bodily posture. that’s why her left 
  shoulder is raised slightly and her 
  back is shaped with a slight hollow. 
  the drawing should not completely 
  fill the A4 paper, because otherwise 
  there will not be enough room for the 
  background later on.
  Step 01
  To draw your figure, first make a 
  preliminary sketch on the A4 drawing 
  paper. it is best to start with a simple 
  stick figure and then add the joints 
  to it. You can bring out the playful, 
  cheeky and nimble spirit of your 
  wood fairy by means of the correct 
  
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  also decide how much volume the 
  body of your fantasy figure requires 
  so that it will have the typically tender 
  and delicate shape of a fairy, whilst 
  at the same time not looking too thin 
  and fragile.
  Step 02
  Give your fairy a little more plasticity 
  by means of basic geometrical shapes 
  such as cylinders. When doing this, 
  make sure you draw the proportions 
  and the overlaps so that there are not 
  too many lines meeting at one point. 
  in this step, incidentally, you must 
  
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  limbs a little more at this point.  
  now you can also consider how 
  spare the costume should be, and 
  how elaborate the other details can 
  be at most, in order to avoid distract-
  ing from either the body shape or the 
  wings. this is why her hair has also 
  been kept rather short. 
  Step 03
  Now give your figure hair, a dress, 
  stockings, gloves and wings.  
  These wings extend for just less than 
  two thirds of the fairy‘s body size. 
  turn the body a little more towards 
  the observer and give the head typi-
  cally elfish ears. If the new elements 
  give rise to undesirable overlaps,  
  you can improve the position of the 
  
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  plastic as possible. Also, you will 
  be able to bring out the difference 
  between those parts of the picture 
  which are opaque and those which are 
  semi-transparent. You will also find it 
  easier to decide what eye size is most 
  appropriate and how the folds of the 
  costume should run.
  Step 04
  in the next step, build up your fairy 
  completely as shown in the picture. 
  now you have completed your pre-
  liminary sketch. This will help you to 
  judge better which areas should later 
  be coloured more delicately or more 
  strongly with the coloured pencils 
  in order to achieve a result that is as 
  
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  to transfer the subject to a sheet of 
  A4 watercolour paper. Work over the 
  lines again with a fineliner pen and 
  erase the pencil lines that are still 
  visible.
  Step 05
  You can make your final alterations to 
  the preliminary sketch. The forms of 
  the fairy‘s body are now a bit fuller, 
  the left leg more acutely angled and 
  the wings have been made smaller. 
  Following this, use graphite paper 
  
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  picture. For example, the wings and 
  clothes especially must be coloured 
  more delicately so that they will ap-
  pear more transparent later on. You 
  can see the difference in the applica-
  tion of colour on the hair, parts of the 
  costume and the rear wing which is 
  achieved by painting over with a wet 
  brush. this method enables you to 
  create various surface structures.
  dividual surfaces using the Art GriP 
  watercolour pencils. When doing this, 
  hold the pencil as flat as possible and 
  stroke it carefully over the paper in 
  order to fill in the individual areas. 
  You should resharpen the pencil 
  from time to time if required. To give 
  a greater impression of depth and 
  three-dimensionality, you can reduce 
  or increase the intensity of colour 
  application at particular points in the 
  Step 06
  We recommend placing your water-
  colour paper on an unused sheet of 
  paper. this will prevent the structure 
  of the underlying surface (e.g. table 
  panel) from pressing through. On the 
  fineliner drawing, ground out the in-
  
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  you can achieve beautiful colour 
  transitions and shadings really easily 
  with a moist brush. The finished elf 
  is wearing cheerful, shining colours 
  which underline the expression of her 
  playful character. Add more structure 
  to the wings and the fringes of her 
  costume after they have dried, using 
  the fineliner.
  Step 07
  the next step is to colour in all the 
  elements of the figure as shown in 
  the illustration. Don‘t forget to vary 
  the intensity of colour application. 
  You can refer to your preliminary 
  pencil sketch from step 04 to see 
  where the darker areas should be. 
  the ability to paint over Art GriP 
  watercolour pencils with water means 
  
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  sketch on a new sheet of DIN A4 
  drawing paper. Our fairy is standing 
  in the middle of a living greenwood. 
  Outline old trees with thick bark and 
  thick roots, standing amidst long 
  grass. the grid will help you to divide 
  the sheet of paper sensibly.  
  Step 08
  Now draw in the background image, 
  once again by making a preliminary 
  The landscape has been kept rather 
  simple, and the individual surfaces 
  are clearly separated from one an-
  other so that the fairy clearly stands in 
  the foreground in spite of her delicate 
  colouring in some areas.
  
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  yellow. Following this, paint over the 
  various coloured areas with a moistened 
  brush, in order to create the soft transi-
  tions between the colour applications of 
  different intensity within the individual 
  areas of colour. Finer details such as the 
  individual stalks of grass will be added 
  in the next step.
  background according to the illustration 
  using the Art GriP watercolour pencils. 
  At points where you want to create more 
  depth, you must follow up the shading 
  of the area by applying somewhat more 
  colour. in the spaces between the trees, 
  you can create warm sunlight falling 
  through the leaves by using a little 
  Step 09
  When you are satisfied with your 
  preliminary sketch, draw it out cleanly 
  a second time on a new sheet of A4 
  watercolour paper. then ground out the 
  
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  more structure to the treetops and the 
  bark by a dry application of colour.
  As soon as the background has dried, 
  add individual stalks of grass and give 
  Step 10
  
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  figure in front of the background. 
  Your own fancy wood fairy is now 
  finished!
  Step 11
  As the last step, use a pair of scissors 
  or digital tools (scanner and image 
  processing program) to position your 
  
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