Hippogriff - Sheepski Designs, watercolour pencil

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Hippogriffs have been my favourite mythological creature since I was a teen and first encountered them. Many years later, I was thrilled to see them in the Harry Potter series and other places. Andrea drew this cute guy on a suggestion from me. Thank you, Andrea! He was so fun to work with.

I used Nuvo watercolour pencils to colour the hippogriff. I like working with watercolour pencils because you can use them like a watercolour with a waterbrush (or just a brush and water) or like coloured pencils and even combine the two techniques. The pencils have different properties when used dry, on wet paper, scribbled on a non-porous surface and picked up with a brush, or used dry and then 'moved' with the wet brush. The paper I used for this project was a lightweight student grade (90lb coldpress) paper from Blick. The thinness of the student grade paper works better with digis because the printer handles it better.

I tried a few different layouts with the hippogriff, but the simple elegant look is what he wanted. I trimmed the panel and rounded the corners then matted it with Graphic 45 paper, and put it on a black card base.

Inside, to make it easier to write a note or personal sentiment, I added a white panel with rounded corners. I also added a strip from the Graphic 45 paper for a nice visual detail.

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