![]() When ripe it had to be quickly reaped and stored away out of the reach of the wet rain which would ruin the crop.Wheat must be allowed to stand until it is fully ripened.The success of wheat growing on the agriculture industry depended upon the ability quickly to harvest the crop. The grain crops that are reaped include wheat, rye, oats and maize.Ĭyrus McCormick Mechanical Reaper for kids: Wheat The McCormick reaper for kids: What crops are reaped? However, the invention of the mechanical reaper by Cyrus McCormick, and its use in the Northern states, equaled the importance that the 1793 Eli Whitney Cotton Gin and the development of the Samuel Slater cotton mills had made to the Southern States. This invention reduced the amount of labor required to prepare an acre for farming by half. In 1819 Jethro Wood patented an iron-bladed plow then in 1837, John Deere engineered a plow with sharp-edged steel blades that cut cleanly through the sod. The early farmers only had wooden plows to break the grass cover and roots of the turf. The climate of the Northern states was ideal for the production of wheat. ![]() The McCormick reaper for kids: Wheat in the North The McCormick mechanical reaper replaced the manual cutting of the crop with scythes and sickles. ![]() YOUTUBE LINK to No.The McCormick reaper for kids: What is a reaper?Ī reaper is a person, or a farming machine, that reaps (gathers and cuts) crops at harvest, when they are ripe. In the VOD I talk more about my materials and when I use what, (as well as rant about AI art and breakfast pastries). Near the end of the drawing I switch over to a mechanical pencil with 2B lead to darken some of the lines and occlusions up. I transfer my drawing down onto a sheet of Strathmore smooth Bristol and use a 2H pencil for the bulk of the drawing. With the clean line art finished, I move on to the tight drawing. (I wish I could make better sense of my brain, but it would be asking google maps to give you directions through a cup of cup of slightly burnt coffee.) So the chaotic mess has to happen in order for me to pull what’s in my head out onto paper. I have no model for this, so most of it is purely from memory and imagination. The chaotic mess has to happen at some point. Many elements are resolved here that if I were to wait to explore in the actual drawing phase, I would be making all that mess there. For this, I created a line drawing, which explores the elements in greater detail, but once again doesn’t attempt to worry over shading and texture. With my primary shape design nailed down, I was ready to move on to exploring secondary shapes and even some details. ![]() This keeps me laser focused on shape and design, and doesn’t let me get caught up yet in the trickery of slick shading and texture.Īfter I sent in the sketches the client provided some feedback and chose a specific direction to take the character in. I work with really simple ink, which offers no shading or tones. The figure was meant to be a take on the classic grim reaper, and would need to feature a scythe, a sandglass timer, skulls, a heavy tome and a raven.įor the poses, I tried to develop 4 separate and distinct shapes. The drawing began as a small set of thumbnail sketches in ink, which were sent to the client before proceeding on to a clean drawing. If you’d like to check out the VOD, you can find it here: No. ![]() “The Reaper,” was commissioned by Fanstratics for their forthcoming game and the drawing for it was live-streamed on Twitch. Today I have a new character design to share with you. ![]()
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