The Red Squirrel & The Robin - Ken Matsuda Art

 What a FUN page to color!!

I mimicked the colors of a red squirrel and of a robin. 

This is another fabulous drawing by Japanese artist Ken Matsuda.

I used Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils. 

I'm having a trying time with them. 

They are as smooth as butter, 

but I can't seem to not have streaks! 

Hopefully I will learn how to better handle them. 

The ground and the background are colored using 

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Colored Pencils.

These are very chalky colored pencils that really require blending.

I love to use them for backgrounds. 

Using a Q-Tip to blend the coloring works very well. 

For this page I didn't fill in the background completely, 

but rather left it in desired streaks.

Here are a few close up photos. 

With such a whimsical drawing, 

the mushrooms just had to be colorful!

Thanks again for dropping by!

Have a great weekend,

Lisa

Products used:

Ken Matsuda Coloring Book

Faber-Castell Polychromos Colored Pencils

Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Colored Pencils

Prismacolor Sharpener

Prismacolor Colorless Blending Pencil

Sakura Electric Eraser

Grumbacher Fixative Spray