At long last, I have finished my next drawing and I am finally ready to post it. The subject is a king penguin. I found this picture in an old issue of National Geographic (September 2009). I drew it using a technique called pointillism. Pointillism, normally associated with painting, was developed in the 19th century and arose out of a style called impressionism. Dots of pure colour are placed on the canvas so that when the viewer stands back, they see a complete picture. The French Painter, Georges Seurat is most commonly associated with pointillism. In my drawing I simply used paper and two colours of ink – black and orange – to create the image.

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