Thursday 7 January 2010

Monthly Sketch Project for January
















January's Monthly Sketch Project entry.Rosehips in the snow
from a lovely photograph by Jennifer Rose, see  here .
Done with Derwent Graphitints (used dry and smudged) and coloured pencils.
I added a bit of 'extra' snow at the end with a white watercolour pencil dipped into water,
something you should avoid if you  don't want to ruin your pencils,
but it was all I could find that was white enough.
Acrylic paint would have been better but mine was all dried up
and tippex was the only other alternative!

3 comments:

Gretel said...

White can be a problem...usually I'd plan ahead and leave the area unpainted, but if it's only bits and tips you need, then goauche or, as you used, a white watercolour pencil (I am very pedantic and apply a wet brush to the actual pencil tip, to avoid softening the pencil nib, which takes longer but doesn't ruin your pencils).

Leslie Hawes said...

This is wonderful!

Spinneretta said...

Beautifully drawn :) I admit, I used a gelly roll pen to add my extra white- but would definitely have considered tippex lol