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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RussB" data-source="post: 1741803" data-attributes="member: 75301">I love pencil, and I love these drawings, Mosca, especially the mallard. I was recently told that Jonsson reckons that nobody has 'caught' mallard as good as it could be. This is not surprising, given the man's passion for painting what may very well be 'everyday' birds.I assume you are using several grades of pencil here. Is there any particular paper that's needed for this kind of detailed work?Pencil's the medium I feel most comfy with, well it's the only thing I've used so far in these early years! I do a few illustrations for the local bird report but I'm limited with the tones I can use due to the quality of the reproduction in the printing process. Does anyone know of a way around this? As a small club (huddersfield birdwatchers') we don't have a large budget for reports, but the quality is surprisingly good.CheersRuss</blockquote>