The Art of Mark Farbrother

A Blog containing the art I produce, which contains a fair amount of animal portraits, plus other bits n' bobs. I hope you enjoy my work. I am open for commissions.

Thursday 8 June 2017

Robin


Here's a Robin picture I finished earlier today, with some progress pictures which show you how each layer is built.
Credit for the reference photograph goes to my wife who captured this little fellow on our recent trip to Bristol, she was feeding him some nuts at the time.
I used black Uni-Pin Fineline pens 0.05 - 0.3, and Daley Rowney Watercolour paints, drawn/painted on 220GSM Winsor and Newton Cartridge paper.
Cartridge paper is great to draw on but takes an age to dry, and flatten when painting. With my next piece I will use watercolour paper which has a greater absorbency.
Take Care
Mark x