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Capture the character

The smallest of the crested penguins, the rockhopper has a delicate feather crown on its head, and some very fetching yellow eyebrows.

Demonstration Rockhopper Penguin

You will need

  • Cold-pressed watercolour paper 6¾×5in. (17×13cm)
  • Pro Arte Masterstroke Nos. 0 & 2
  • Cass Art synthetic Round No. 1
  • Payne's grey
  • Ivory black
  • Chinese white
  • Winsor orange
  • Permanent alizarin crimson
  • Burnt sienna
  • Winsor red
  • Aureolin
  • Burnt umber
  • Yellow ochre

Step 1 Basic form

Using light pencil strokes, and following the proportions

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