From The Shadows…

On a black background, this card has a lot of impact, and works well for Christmas as well as any occasion!

This stunning stag (ref. Pexels) started life as part of a Bonny Snowdon live draw along – 1000 artists from all over the world gathering online to draw together on New Year’s Day was a very special thing to be part of!

Not being a fan of pastelmat, I chose to draw my original version on black PaintOn. It’s the first time I have used the black, but my previous experience of other colours of this paper led me to choose my Luminance pencils instead of Polychromos, as I find they work better on this surface, especially when aiming for a loose, more ‘painterly’ style as we were here. We worked with a limited palette – I used just 10 pencils (plus Pablo white for the eye highlights).