Oaxacan Dotted Elephant

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  Step 1

  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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  Step 2

  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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  Step 3

  Paint a light layer of watercolor, using several colors.

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  Step 4

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

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  Step 5

  Here is a detail.

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  Step 6

  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."

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