Crow in pan pastel and colored pencil

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I made this crow drawing for @jemimah in the Santa’s Sack swap and I’m so pleased with how it came out! I’ve been wanting to try this technique of using pan pastel to lay down a base of color and then using colored pencils to add all the detail. I’ve been practicing drawing the last few months and I’m so proud of how this came out :smiley:

Here’s the finished piece after I matted it. There’s a bit of glare from the plastic.

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Here’s a pic when I was trying to decide where to put the mat so I knew where to sign it. You can really see the vibrancy of the colors here.

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And here’s what it looked like in the middle of doing the pan pastel layer, before adding any of the colored pencil details (I worked on the background more after this but I don’t have a pic of that).

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This was such a fun project to do and I’m planning to do more pieces using these techniques. Thanks for looking!

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Wow! This is stunning!! I love the background effect and the bird is so well done!

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It turned out beautifully done! The background is dreamy and the bird is so clear and detailed. Can’t wait to see more of this technique and style.

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So. Good. You’ve gotten great detail in the crow and even some personality in its expression. The moodiness of the background really makes the detail of the crow stand out.

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Stunning. Your color choice is gorgeous and the detail on that crow is perfection. Your art always impresses and this is my favorite piece yet!

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This came out so well! It’s a beautiful piece. I didn’t know colored pencils blended so well with watercolor.

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The background is actually done with pan pastel but looks like watercolor!

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Fantastic. I like the progress pics that really show how much detail came from the pencil work. Very cool!

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Wow! This is so gorgeous!! I bet @jemimah loves it!!

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This is great and I love how the shading/colors of the background add balance for the bird placement.

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Beautiful!!!

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It’s gorgeous, even better in real life! The pan pastel has a dreamy softness, which gives it a lot of depth. I feel very lucky to have it :smile:

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Beautiful my friend. Beautiful.

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Oh I thought Pan Pastel was a type of watercolor since it looked like watercolor lol

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This is gorgeous. I love the positioning of the bird and the background is great

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Wow, what a stunning piece.

I love that the crow is in gf centre. You have done an amazing job :heart:

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:zap: :comet: :star2: :sparkles: Congratulations! Your wonderful craft is one of this week’s Featured Projects! WOO! :zap: :comet: :star2: :sparkles:

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I can’t believe how lifelike this is!

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Absolutely gorgeous! This is a stunning piece of art. I know it had to be hard to part with!

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this is sooooo stunning! I am so in love with the background and the gorgeous crow.

I bought some Pan Pastels a long time ago and never really liked using just them. I never thought of layering with colored pencil! Can I ask what type of paper you used?

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