This illustration of the gorilla works really well. Although the piece is very simple and was just a quick sketch I think I captured the bold, strong body language of this animal. I used a combination of watercolour and compressed charcoal to create this and I like how the texture created by the charcoal works well to create a fur effect.
I created the drawing of these two birds using oil pastels. I find the bright colours worked well to capture the look of the tropical birds. Although feathers are smooth and the texture of the birds look quite rough, I like how the pastels could create a range of marks and how they would smudge into each other. To improve this I could perhaps try the same image with ink or watercolour to try and create a smoother appearance to replicate feathers.
Again here the image is very simplistic but I really like how I managed to capture this Blue Tit in motion quickly with few marks. I used watercolours to capture the lovely bright colours of the feathers and compressed charcoal to add features. I think these two materials work very well together.
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