This piece is called A Partridge in a Pear Tree, designed by Audrey Bettin, and it can be found in the October 2000 edition of Lets Paint. The original design is on a dark green cloth vertical banner and, it has three pears and lots of leaves and berries. The instructions in Let's Paint call for fabric acrylics.So, since I am not into acrylic or fabric painting, nor did I want to do a large piece, I decided to downsize and convert everything to coloured pencils.
I did not have any dark green mi-teintes paper, so I settled on a burgundy background - I really like the background, but I did find that some of the brown shades in the partridge did not really pop out on the burgundy. The original project had shiny metallic paint on the ribbon and wings, and I really liked the effect. So, on the partridge wings I used a gold metallic Prisma colour pencil, and I used gold metallic acrylic paint around the outside. When the light falls on these areas they shine. It was a fun project and I really enjoyed working on it, but if I do it again, I think I will use a dark green background.
I have already picked out my next coloured pencil project, and I am in the process of deciding on a new pen & ink piece.
Our spring art sessions start in April, so I will have lots of new pieces to share with you soon. Thanks for visiting my blog.
