Sketches and Studies by Craig Houghton

Turkey Vultures à la Nakano

Craig Houghton January 8th, 2007

In the spirit of continuing to cycle through a variety of styles, here’s a colored pencil in the general style of Hikaru Nakano. I couldn’t find a good (read any) link to him on the web, but he’s featured in Japanese Comickers. The style includes pastel colored pencil lightly applied with outlines and subtle value shifts. I kept the pencils sharp, spent a lot of time lightly dragging over the paper, and I forced myself not to think too much in terms of form.

5×7 colored pencil on hot press watercolor paper
Turkey Vultures