I went shopping this morning and bought myself a scanner. I've just completed the illustrations for
Rosen Trevithick's second Smelly Trolls book - "
Mr Splendiferous and the Troublesome Trolls", but I'd found using a camera to transfer the pictures onto the computer a major hassle and far more time-consuming than I wanted, so I treated myself to a scanner. Then, this afternoon, I created a "How to" information sheet for Class 5A at a school in Cornwall who have been studying "
The Troll Trap".
I'm not sure how to reproduce a PDF here, but this is how it goes -
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Figure 1. Draw rough shapes in pencil.
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Figure 2. Outline shapes in pencil. Add features like face,
clothes, fingers and toes
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Figure 3. Add more details (still in pencil) like hair, warts
and cracks in the skin.
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Figure 4. Go over all the important lines in black pen. Erase
all the pencil marks.
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Figure 5. Colour in your Troll. Give him (or her) a really
ugly name.
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©Katie W.
Stewart. May be reproduced for educational purposes only.
If you're interested in a copy for your class, just let me know and I'll send you a PDF file. If you haven't read either of the Troll books yet, I recommend you do, especially if you have a young child to read them to. They are magnifitastic and bellilafficus!
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9 comments:
I shall hang on to these instructions for myself and my grandsons! Thanks Em
Sorry - slip of the mind and typing finger - not Em but KATE!!
I think I like the blog post even more than the PDF you sent me.
Loving 'magnifitastic' and 'bellilafficus'!
Lizy, you can call me what you like, I'm too far away to hear! :)
More words for the next volume, Rosen?
I've made a note of them, thank you.
Just drew my own troll. You're right - they're great fun to draw. It's not too shoddy but you certainly won't be out of a job any time soon! Hee hee.
I misunderstood the post title - thought you had a way to attract people who'd give us lots of 1 star reviews.
These are much nicer trolls!
Haha, Patsy. I'm not a masochist! :) I can get one star reviews without trying! :P
Love the drawing!
Thanks, Niamh!
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