This ball of fuzz is Pippin, and he’s a burrowing owl which is native to North and South America and as the name suggests, they like to live in burrows. This one was a commission of him as a growing baby and requested in my favourite medium graphite.
You might think that dealing only with one colour is easier, but it can actually be more challenging to balance the tones correctly so that you have both a dramatic picture and realism.
Pippin
You might think that dealing only with one colour is easier, but it can actually be more challenging to balance the tones correctly so that you have both a dramatic picture and realism.
9 x 12 graphite
Rebecca Preece
graphite, sketchblog