The Magpie and the Fox

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This picture is for my children's book illustration portfolio. I am going to work towards being a book illustrator so i thought I would build up a nice portfolio of traditional art. This picture was really tricky as it is the first proper picture i have done using Stabilo CarbOthello pencils. They are difficult to use as they smudge easily, so for this one i had to keep spraying areas i had done in hairspray to seal them. This picture took a huge amount of time, maybe about 15 hours. I got inspired to do this when i saw a fox and a magpie together one morning :)