Charcoal Painting Continued.

Here is another watercolor on charcoal paper, a Red Knot. I love the way you can use the gouache to bring out the white feathers... and tiny highlights.
This is a red capped sparrow. When working on Charcoal paper, you can not use a lot of water... the paper will wrinkle. It is wet on dry paper. I like the challenge and the change from the white paper..

try it. :)