Detlef Jumpertz

Medium: Colour Pencil/Graphite
Size: 360 mm x 530 mm

A very cold and windy day and really that was enough to deter me from cycling today. So I hit the drawing board instead. Layering down thin sheets of colour is a time consuming task, to get the richness of the red I put down 6 layers. The exposed under half of bird #2 shows what the plumage looks like with 2 layers of colour. This section will probably need more layers given I need to mix in some grays so as to provide depth and curvature to the breast. I'll try and work on this during the week, at night, with the hope of getting this bird completed before I head to New York.