Surprised that in an image of a peacock, you didn’t use Peacock Blue

I have stopped trying to colour the Peony because by the time I am starting to colour the third round I have done all the colour I can add as I seem to have a very heavy hand with the colouring. I put it aside to try again at some point.
I have been doing the peacock I have difficulty following you when drawing so I spend a lot of time rewinding the the tape as you have “ very fast hands”, LoL. Pearl

This is a wonderful lesson I enjoyed following and drawing along very much.

I have learned more about the chance to deviate from a reference foto, pick my own colors, layer my colors on paper with limited tooth and how different working on black paper is.

Thank you for being there,
Buddy

Hi Teresa,

Teri is right. The Colorline paper will perform much better than the black watercolor paper. There’s no need to purchase the Strathmore paper since the Colorline is so similar. I hope this helps.

Hi Teri,

I have added the list of colors under the “Materials” tab. I hope this helps.

Hello Teresa,

Personally I would use the black color-line paper. This works really well with colored pencils, being waxed base or oil based.

Also, Strathmore multimedia coal black paper works well with colored pencils. This is what I am using.

I hope this is helpful.

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