Hooded Kingfisher

Completed: January 28, 2014
Time Spent: ?
Materials: Soft pastels, street chalk
Paper: Sandpaper, 18in x 22in

Kingfisher in Crayons

My latest joy.

I loved the colors on the kingfisher. I was also wanting to try something with crayons and sandpaper again, so I thought I'd give the kingfisher a crack. I got excited, too, when I saw how bright the crayons were on the sandpaper.

I had a lot of fun working on this one. I felt very comfortable with the crayons. I didn't feel too constrained with getting the lines and shapes right. I actually enjoyed just playing with the colors. I wasn't so keen on studying the color wheel, so this was a good, fun alternative.

I will have to look at the colorwheel and study it, eventually, but it just wouldn't be me if I don't spend a lot of time screwin' around first. Hah!

In hindsight, probably should have used more black on the wing.

Completed: 8 August 2013
Time spent: Approx. 8 hours
Materials: Crayola and one-dollar crayons
Paper: Sandpaper, 8.5in x 8.5in