Raptor

What a lovely painting of a beautiful bird of prey. what type of paper do you usually use for your coloured pencils? I always use a smooth or Hot Pressed paper for all my coloured pencils. have you tried with of these? well done Malcolm

Thank you Tao. I have been using pastel papers, one for soft pastels and one for pastel pencil but found that I couldn't lay down many layers (6 or so, tops) before the tooth on the paper was lost. I had not thought of hot pressed or smooth as I didn't expect it to have enough tooth. Is there a specific paper that you use?

You have done a marvellous job with this beautiful bird Malcolm. I am having another try with coloured pencils and I'm also using hot pressed paper, it's so smooth to work on. I tend to use Bockingford paper which I find is great, it's very reasonable so if I make mistakes it's no big deal! I use it for all my watercolour flower painting too.

Lovely colouring and great detail in the eye.