Should we or Shouldn’t we?

MATERIALS

• Cold pressed watercolour paper

• Transparent spray fixative

• Water-soluble graphite pencil

• Damp towel or sponge

• Gouache Paints: – – Warm Indian Grey Red – Light Bluey Grey – Zinc White

• Brushes: – No. 0 brush – No. 2 Brush – No. 6 rough old Fitch brush – Small, flat bright brush

• Black felt-tipped pen

• Brown Artline pen

BEFORE YOU START

Observe, sketch, photograph, practice and plan. Blue wrens are frequent visitors to my garden, but I will never be able to capture their characteristic skips and flutters on paper. Instead,