Heads or Tails, mixed media, (50x70cm)
Using pen, ink, watercolour and collage, follow Judit Matthews to create this beautiful, autumnal fox in mixed media.
How to paint an autumnal fox in mixed media
Equipment
Dip pen with a drawing/mapping nib
Scalpel
Cutting board
PVA glue
A variety of patterned papers
Pencil
Eraser
Tracing paper
Colours
Gamboge yellow
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium red
Indigo blue
Dioxazine violet
How to paint a fox in mixed media
1
Using a large piece of smooth watercolour paper, draw up your design of a fox with foliage around it with pencil.
Then draw over this with ink, using cross-hatching for the background and fluid line-work for the rest.
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Top Tip
It is important not to put too much ink on the pen otherwise you may drop some on your artwork.
2
Once your ink-work is finished, leave it overnight just to be sure that everything has fully dried.
Before adding the collage make sure you rub out any pencil marks.
3
Using a pencil and the tracing paper draw around the shapes you want to cover with collage.
Then placing the tracing paper over your patterned papers, cut around the shapes with a sharp scalpel.
Gradually work through the areas you wish to cover with origami paper- sticking them down with pva glue.
Top Tip
It's best to do three or four pieces of collage at a time to avoid getting confused as to where each piece belongs.
4
The painting is completed in layers.
Layer one using a mix of the two yellows and the cadmium red.
Layer two using the colours above with a bit of added crimson.
The final finishing touches are the shadows which use the indigo and the violet mixed together.
Top Tip
Use a bit of stippling in certain areas and add some dribbled on paint for extra texture.
5
For the final stages, draw around the collaged on pieces of paper using fine liner pens to make the whole painting look more cohesive.
You may find that you need to deepen certain areas of the cross-hatched background too.
Top Tip
Don't try using the dip pen at this stage as some of the patterned papers can be rather absorbent and you will find that they suck up the liquid ink.
6
The finished painting
Heads or Tails, mixed media, (50x70cm)
About Judit Matthews
Judit is a Hungarian born illustrative artist, living in the UK. She runs art classes in her home studio and online.
See more from Judit in the PaintersOnline gallery, on Twitter and Facebook.
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