(1) paint the main facial features - eyes; ears and nose using black ink.
Painting Ideas.
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Panda by Pauline Cherrett Pauline is our Newsletter editor. She has taught CBP in the UK for many years and written a number of excellent books on the subject. There is further information on her website (see "Links" page.) Pauline's Panda, with brief instructions on how to carry out the painting, is intended as a very basic guide which can be used by beginners and experts alike, then practised and "modified" to reflect the style of the individual artist. We aim to have a techniques section, with painting instruction, in each issue of the Newsletter. |
Pandas can be painted in a number of stages.
(1) paint the main facial features - eyes; ears and nose using black ink. |
(2) paint the outline of the head using the point of the brush, but be careful not to over emphasise the jaw. |
(3) add the arms with a fairly wet brush loaded with thick, black ink, and allow the ink to soak in, |
(4) add the legs using the same brush technique as for the arms, then add claws with a fine brush |
 (5) add the outline of the body and some light black "in fill" for depth. |
| It should be remembered that the best painting is kept simple with minimal detail just enough to "suggest" features such as claws. Remember, also, that the black colour on a panda's limbs continues across the back - they are "joined" so this must be "suggested" in frontal views by the relationship between right and left limbs. To add interest to the picture, give the Panda something "to do" such as holding bamboo or leaning against a rock, and in groups, make sure that each panda is "doing" something. |
This example of a panda painting was created
by Joan Shaw |
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