HOME | DD

Description
A bit of a tester piece (because apparently I can't do proper test pieces and end up doing a complete piece instead ). My Aunty recently gave me some charcoal she made herself and I had the idea to draw a hare over a watercolour background using a full sheet of watercolour paper after seeing a tutorial on drawing on toned/dark paper. I decided to try it out on half a sheet first, just in case it didn't work. Then I thought I might try painting a galaxy because I like the effect and it seemed quite fun to paint (I watched a few youtube tutorials first to get an idea of how to do it) and this is the result! I also used a different reference to my original idea as this photo was backlit and the detail on the ear was so beautiful that I couldn't resist

So this is charcoal and chalk (the latter in pencil form, both hard and soft was used) on watercolour. I liked the transluscent effect on the ear as I drew, and although I possibly could have kept on layering until it was opaque I decided to go with it and aim for a more expressive effect...I had to hold back from adding too much detail in the bottom section! In fact I even had to get rid of one patch where I'd started drawing and found it was too much. I'm really pleased with how this turned out though, it was so much fun to do (even if I'm still not fully reconciled with watercolours yet).

The reference photo is from pixabay.com and can be found here . I've only recently discovered pixabay, but there seem to be a lot of great royalty-free photos on there - definitely worth checking out if you need references

------------------------------

Watercolour, charcoal and chalk on watercolour paper
19.5cm x 13.5cm (7.5" x 5.25")

Description
A bit of a tester piece (because apparently I can't do proper test pieces and end up doing a complete piece instead ). My Aunty recently gave me some charcoal she made herself and I had the idea to draw a hare over a watercolour background using a full sheet of watercolour paper after seeing a tutorial on drawing on toned/dark paper. I decided to try it out on half a sheet first, just in case it didn't work. Then I thought I might try painting a galaxy because I like the effect and it seemed quite fun to paint (I watched a few youtube tutorials first to get an idea of how to do it) and this is the result! I also used a different reference to my original idea as this photo was backlit and the detail on the ear was so beautiful that I couldn't resist

So this is charcoal and chalk (the latter in pencil form, both hard and soft was used) on watercolour. I liked the transluscent effect on the ear as I drew, and although I possibly could have kept on layering until it was opaque I decided to go with it and aim for a more expressive effect...I had to hold back from adding too much detail in the bottom section! In fact I even had to get rid of one patch where I'd started drawing and found it was too much. I'm really pleased with how this turned out though, it was so much fun to do (even if I'm still not fully reconciled with watercolours yet).

The reference photo is from pixabay.com and can be found here . I've only recently discovered pixabay, but there seem to be a lot of great royalty-free photos on there - definitely worth checking out if you need references

------------------------------

Watercolour, charcoal and chalk on watercolour paper
19.5cm x 13.5cm (7.5" x 5.25")