Animal And Wildlife Challenge Dec 2025/Jan 2026

[Joy]

I scribble the pencils on a caran d'ache palette aquarelle and then pick up with a wet brush. A small, rough plastic cutting board would also work.

@Jade, Anne is quite experienced with the Inktense, and has many helpful tips. I also have the Caran d'Ache palette, and find it to be quite useful. No pigment is wasted. I noted on some YT comments that the price has risen, but I did not realize how much. When I bought it a bit more than a year ago, it was about $8 USD, or £6. That was worth it to me at the time. Now it is about £13 on Blick, and £15 on Amazon. Some have commented one can get a small cutting board at a dollar store.

 

[LizC]

I chose to do a pen and ink drawing of the Schnauzer: