'Graphite over Underpainting'

Hard working students and a delightful venue with beautiful gardens in rural Gloucesteshire for a two-day workshop on graphite with underpainting.

First a quick outline drawing of this wonderful old sunflower seed head.

Then I applied colour using a combination of coloured pencil and pastel pencil which I then dissolved into the paper using a clear alcohol based solvent pen. No baby oil this time as I want the paper completely dry and clean very quickly so I can start the pencil drawing over the top.

This is as far as I got on this demo piece during the class so I will now have to finish it later but I will keep you posted on the progress.