Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

MATERIALS

• Cream coloured pastel board• Technical• Lumograph white pencil• Odourless turps• Size 10 Taklon flat brush• Electric eraser plus pencil eraser• Soft brush to dust of residue• Prismacolor pencils:• Alpaca: cream, cool grey 90%, cool grey 50%, Cool Grey 30%, Burnt Ochre, Sienna Brown, Yellow Ochre, Dark Brown• Background: Olive Green, Chartreuse, Limepeel, Indigo Blue, Process Red.• Hibiscus: Process Red, Hot Pink.

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