Kingfisher

Coloured Pencil

Colours Used to draw Kingfisher (Coloured pencil) art

​These are the Faber Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premier colours that I used in this drawing.
I have included the numbers for each colour, as occasionally some colours may be renamed, but their numbers remain the same.
You can use colours from any range of pencils and the colour swatches here are an approximate guide to help you select suitable alternatives.

Black 199
White (Prismacolor 938)
Cold grey IV 233
Warm grey IV 273
Warm grey III 272
Payne's grey 181
Peacock blue 153
Light pthalo blue 145
Aquamarine 154
Bistre 179
Burnt sienna 283
Deep red 223
Light orange 111
Light Tangerine 113

Board

Daler Rowney's Line & Wash board (any Hot pressed watercolour board or paper would be a suitable alternative)

Paper

Tracing paper, or Tracedown paper (depending on your chosen method for transferring your image to the drawing surface).

Pencil

​Graphite pencil (HB) for tracing and transferring

Blender

Caran d'ache Full blender

Putty

Mounting putty (Blutack)

Stump

​Blending stump

Brush

Large wash brush

Kingfisher Outline

Kingfisher Reference

1

Beak and eye

​Video running time: 13mins 43secs

2

Head

Video running time: 20mins 47secs

3

Upper wing

​Video running time: 21mins 44secs

4

Breast and primary feathers

​Video running time: 20mins

5

Back and tail feathers

​Video running time: 15mins 9secs

6

Branch

Video running time: 21mins 45secs

7

Finishing touches

​Video running time: 12mins