The most recent part of the animal project was the close-up drawing. In this case, we had to zoom in on a part of the animal. I might have not zoomed in enough, but I do think it looks pretty good. We were allowed to choose from a lot of materials. I went for a safe option, coloured pencils. I like the result very much, but if I could choose again for a material, I would choose differently. I think it would be pastels if I were to choose again. Nevertheless, I am happy with the result (except for the ugly sun (-:). I think the eye is the strongest part of the drawing. I made it bigger than in reality, and because of that it really stands out. I also tried to add shadow.
In order to make the drawing on a large sheet, I had to start off by making a first, small sketch. This one was made very quickly, simply to have an idea of how and what I am exactly going to do.