Artist's Palette

Blue Wrens

MATERIALS

• Fabriano Artistico Hot Press 300gsm paper
• Faber Castell Series 9000 greyleads in F, HB and 2B
• Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencils in Dark Sepia, Prussian Blue, Sky Blue.
• Violet, Rose carmine) and Brown Ochre
• Light Violet, Grey Green, Light Blue and Terracotta.
• Derwent Artists colour pencils in Sky Blue and Blue Grey
• Knitting needle

STEP ONE

Fairy wrens are very social birds and spend a lot of time on the ground, so the theme of this image is the welcoming of one bird to a new group against the complex backdrop of the floor debris. All my works are carefully designed, including all the background details, negative spaces and the amount of colour to greylead. The latter is kept in

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