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    The Scratchboard Panther

    Oct 11, 2018 3 minutes

    By Rikki Fisher

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    MATERIALS

    • Reference photo
    • Cotton gloves
    • Biro
    • White carbon paper
    • Fiberglass brush
    • Very fine steel wool
    • Scratch knife – curved edge
    • Scratch knife – straight edge
    • Ampersand scratchboard
    • Watercolour brush or airbrush
    • Black ink – Art Spectrum or similar
    • Fixative

    Scratchboard. What is it? Scratchboard is a board with a thin clay coating covered with black ink. A scratch

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