This was the subject at today's AVA session. Unfortunately I have a heavy cold so decided not to inflict it on my fellow artists. Yesterday I painted this - again a flexible interpretation of the subject! Still why not.
A very simple loose drawing with my favourite Pentel mechanical pencil 07 2B.
`Spring' Waterford High White 16" x 12" 300gsm not.
Apart from the head of the deer there is very little drawing and I determined to concentrate on this with the rest just window dressing. Colours used were Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Quinacridone Rust (Graham PO 48), Quinacridone Gold (Daniel Smith PO49), Translucent Brown (Schminke Pbr41), Quinacridone Coral (Daniel Smith PR209) and a little Burnt Umber with some Ultramarine Blue added to darken. The greens are Sap Green (Graham) and Phalo Green (Maimeri PG7) in weak and stronger solutions. I realised later I should have put on masking fluid instead for the body spots. Rather I added Galeria acrylic white quite heavily - too much I now think. The final result is some way towards what I wanted to achieve but as always could be better.
Brushes were all Isabey. Two retractables sizes 4 & 6, plus Kolinsky sables sizes 4,6 and 8. I've more or less decided that in future I'll stick to Waterford High White, although since I have a large supply of Fabriano and other papers, including Czech Moldau and Indian handmade, this might not happen 100% for quite a while. I like Fabriano but don't like the 18" x 12" format, preferring 16" x 12".