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Author: Cathy_Sheeter, Contributing Editor
 | Once you have your line drawing transferred, you just start scratching. I generally like to start with the lightest areas and eyes first. Light areas let me refresh my feeling for my Exacto since I have to do many lines to get it light enough. I can play with different angles and see how sharp my tip is.
I like to get the eyes in early as they give life to the piece and make it feel like a living, breathing animal right from the start. |
 | From here out, I just keep building the drawing. Continue to pay attention to fur direction and shading always. Sometimes I jump down to an area that has a different texture just for a change. |
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 | Here is the finished piece! I usually add in whiskers last as they go over the top of other hairs. In this case there are black whiskers too. I added those back in with a fine black marker. |
 | While it would appear that scratchboard is very unforgiving, it can actually be re-inked to repair minor mistakes. Ampersand sells a small bottle of black ink in their ink set (inks that can be used to add color, which this article will not cover). You can use the black straight out of the bottle to go back to total black, or can dilute with water to create shades of gray. This is very useful if you scratch something too light or just want to tone down an area that is close to black, but not quite. Once the ink dries, it is ready to be re-scratched again to the desired shade. |
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