When Raines starts sketching out her newest scratchboards, she first prints the photo to the scale she wants for the final product, she wrote in a recent Facebook post. She then coats the back of the paper with soft willow charcoal so it will transfer easily with pressure, fix the paper to the board, and trace the major features she wants to use as landmarks for the drawing. She then traces over the charcoal lines with a mechanical pencil so they don’t wipe off as easily whi…
September 28, 2020
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Line by line, scratchboard artist works to capture Moses Lake's K-9 Chief
Months after it was deemed medically necessary for him to retire, K9 Chief’s one-eyed, toothy smile is being immortalized into a slate of black and white clay by nationally recognized K9 scratchboard artist Allie Raines.