of sketches to get the idea in my mind so I can go straight in and get drawing.

的草圖，讓我在腦海裡有一個想法，這樣我就可以直接進入並開始繪畫。

I’m using Bic Biro again because I haven’t used up the ink in my pen yet and I want an

我又用Bic Biro了，因為我的筆裡的墨水還沒有用完，我想用一個。

empty pen for another video I’m going to make later. The last drawing of a Rhino took

空筆，用於以後我要做的另一個視頻。犀牛的最後一幅畫花了

up half the ink. How much will the snake drawing use, I wonder.

用掉了一半的墨水。不知道畫蛇要用多少錢。

Well, let’s not talk about it. Let’s do it!

好吧，讓我們不要談論它。我們開始吧！

Biro is quite a sticky ink that will smear if I try to erase pencil lines at the end,

Biro是一種相當粘稠的墨水，如果我試圖在最後擦掉鉛筆線，就會塗抹。

so I have to go straight in and lightly draw the outline, which I’ve sort of rehearsed

所以我必須直接進去，輕輕地畫出輪廓，我已經算是排練過了。

in the sketches.

在草圖中。

Then I start to draw in detail and begin the shading process.

然後我開始詳細地畫，並開始著色過程。

With Biro, you need to build up the tone slowly. The foreground features, like the head, can

對於Biro，你需要慢慢建立起音調。前景的特徵，如頭部，可以是

be drawn in quite firmly while the the background, immediately behind it, needs to be drawn lightly

而緊隨其後的背景則需要輕描淡寫地畫出來

so it doesn’t merge into the foreground and confuse the viewer.

這樣就不會與前景融為一體，讓觀者感到困惑。

Then it’s just down to a lot of detail. Biros are quite unpredictable. They press

那就只剩下很多細節了。Biros是相當不可預測的。他們按

into the paper and dent the surface, so you sometimes have to find a different angle to

到紙上，並在表面上留下凹痕，所以你有時必須找到一個不同的角度，以

shade in to make any difference to the tonal value.

陰影，以使任何不同的色調值。

This drawing took about three and a half hours of solid drawing to slowly build up the effect,

這張圖大概花了三個半小時的時間紮紮實實的畫，慢慢的建立起了效果。

which is not copied from a photograph but is coming straight out of my head after I’d

這不是從照片上抄來的，而是在我的腦海中直接湧現出來的。

looked at a few photographs of snakes. It’s not any particular kind of snake either. Just

看了幾張蛇的照片。也不是什麼特別的蛇。只是

a blend of the pictures I looked at for inspiration.

融合了我看的圖片的靈感。

The text is hard to plan again , because I can’t pencil it out, so I decided to just

這篇文字又很難規劃 ，因為我不會用鉛筆寫，所以我決定只用

be a bit loose and free with it.

有點鬆散和自由。

And did I empty the pen? No! there’s another drawing’s worth of ink in there. What should

那我把筆掏空了嗎？沒有！裡面還有另一幅畫的墨水。怎麼辦？

I do next week? Answers in the comments box below.

下週我做什麼？在下面的評論框裡回答。

Well, I hope you enjoyed that, and if you did, go and have a look at the Rhino drawing

好了，希望你喜歡，如果你喜歡，就去看看犀牛的畫吧

I did last week, In the meantime make sure you Practice practice Practice and keep drawing

我上個星期做了，同時你一定要練習練習，繼續畫畫

drawing drawing, And I’ll see you next time, you take care now, Bye Bye.

畫畫，我們下次再見，你保重，再見。