Wildlife Portfolio
Afternoon Itch
American Badger
Arctic Eyes
Bee Unique
10 x 8 inch colored pencil portrait.
Big Horn Ram
Black Footed Ferrits
Bobcat
Charlotte
Chinook
Determination
European Badger
Fabulous Darling
Fisher
Forriging Badgers
Gray Squirrel
Hanging Around
Hummingbird
Incoming
Looking Back
Mandarin Duck
Mesa
Nimbus
Ozzy
Plains Pride
Predator Stare
Queen Of The Ocean
Rainbow Waiting for Rain
Rajdulari
Red Fox
Rusty
Say Ahhh
Silent Assassin
Squirtsy
Star Gazing
Sun Kissesd Cardinal
Tea Party
The Lovers
Tiger In Ink
Waiting For Mom
Winter Song
Belle – Red Tailed Hawk
Bobcat
Clause
Cochise
Contemplation
Gossip Monger
Harvey
Keeping Watch
Keeping Watch 2
Mule Deer Fawn
Out Of The Shadows
Resting Red Fox
Sandhill Crane Profile
Scarlet Messenger
Smile
Squirtsy
Tiger In Ink
Tree Hugger
Inktense & Ink
Inktense & Ink Tools
Affiliate Disclosure
I am an affiliate for Blick Art. Some links below have my affiliate code, and I will receive a small compensation when you buy from these links.
♥ There is no additional cost to you. ♥
Inktense & Inks
These are products I own and use.
- Derwent Inktense Blocks – Set of 24.
- Derwent Inktense Pencils – Set of 24.
- Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bombay India Ink – Black and Various Colors.
- Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens – Set of 4: Small, Fine, Medium and Brush
NOTE: The Set of 24 pencils omits the color Ionian Green and instead includes a “lining pencil.” So I purchased a single Ionian Green Inktense pencil to complete the set of 24 colors.
My Inks
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Papers/Surfaces
These are products I own and use.
- Glassine This is what I use to place over my drawings to protect them while I draw, resting my hand on the glassine.
- Fabriano Artistico Extra White Hotpress Watercolor Blocks 140lb (300gsm)
- L’Aquarelle Canson Héritage Hot Press Watercolor Paper – Hot Press 140lb (300gsm)
- Legion Stonehenge Aqua Blocks– Hot Press 140lb (300gsm)
A Word of Caution
About buying papers.
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Good quality papers are expensive and different artists like different papers for their own techniques. Never buy a huge amount of paper until you’ve tested it out on several drawings to see if it works for you.
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Erasers
These are products I own and use.
- Kneadable Eraser – for lifting graphite off the paper gently.
- Tombow Erasers – Ultra-fine 2.3mm round and Mono Zero 2.5mm x 5mm rectangular. These are used for “negative drawing” and fine detailing.
- Winsor & Newton Masking Fluid
- Blick Liquid Frisket
As you may realize, erasing ink is difficult if not impossible. Inktense can be lifted BEFORE you activate with water, but not afterwards. Also, working with regular inks there is no erasing without damaging the paper.
In order to preserver whites and light areas it’s best to use a masking fluid or frisket to protect those areas from coming into contact with the inks.
Masking Fluid
Working with ink the only thing you will probably be erasing are the graphite lines of your sketch. Inks don’t erase.
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Never Too Many!
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Silent Assassin
Contrast is Key
No matter what you are drawing or painting you need to have contrast to make your images pop. Don’t be afraid to go dark.