Hedgehog - Dot painting

Hedgehog dot painting, spines and all

A hedgehog with every spine drawn separately, nose down and busy. No animal suits this technique better, because a spine is essentially a dot with a direction.

Each spine is basically a dot with direction, so the printed circles do the thinking. Skip paint, drying and sketching: markers alone are enough.

What is in the dot painting kit

Everything you need comes in one box:

• Printed canvas: sturdy, with fine detail throughout.
• Guide: a compact page of practical tips.
• Double-tip markers:
  • 1.0 mm tip: for the body and the earth beneath it.
  • 0.5 mm tip: for the spines, the eyes and the snout.

A rhythm that settles you

Hundreds of small marks in the same rhythm make for the most absorbing kind of dotting there is. The hand keeps going and the evening disappears.

Before bed, a few spines can calm a restless head. It also works as a lunch-hour pause, one small patch finished each day. A dot art painting kit with everything included.

Spines that follow one direction

Let each mark follow the sweep of the back. If the direction breaks halfway, the animal looks wrong at once, though you may not see why.

Framed, the hedgehog could lead a parade of small animals along a hallway. Every tiny spine is proof of your steady hand.