***Steps to Successful Drawing:

1. "Draw what you see, not what you know"
2. Use a viewfinder (use your hands) to create an interesting composition
3. Draw a point at the further most edges of skeleton to start
4. Then lightly draw the exterior and interior contours, looking more at the skeleton than at your paper
5. Refine lines, restating where necessary, and use line variation to indicate darks
6. Talk to yourself constantly while you are drawing
7. Study and observe the lighted areas and the areas of bone in shadow: develop the darks slowly by carefully working from the light grays to the mid-grays to the dark grays and then finally to black
8. DEVELOP TEXTURAL MARKS THAT SHOW 5 GRADUATIONS OF VALUE, 1 BEING WHITE AND 5 BEING BLACK (Make a 5 value scale to help yourself)
9. Think about the actual texture of the bones and use marks that stimulate that texture
10. Enjoy your experience as scientific illustrators and aesthetic artists.