The Cave of the Nymphs
MATERIALS
• Paper – Saunders-Waterford 200 lb, Hot Pressed, High White, Watercolour Paper.
• Coloured pencils – I always use various coloured pencil brands. In this particular drawing I used: – Faber-Castell – Albrecht Dürer – Prismacolor: – Van Gogh – Royal Talens: – Inktense – Derwent: – Colorsoft – Derwent:
• White Chalk Pastel
• Derwent Blender
• Derwent Burnisher
• Eraser (preferably pencil eraser for detail)
• Sharpener
• Fixative with UV Filter
To make this drawing I visited the location several times and did lots of sketches. The time I prefered to do that was when the sun was directly overhead and the rays stroke the water. As I couldn’t be there physically all the time required to finish the drawing, I also took photographs in order to capture the rapidly changing light.
Generally I work from left to right as I’m right handed and I need to avoid smudging the finished parts. On this drawing however, clockwise worked better for me.
