However the colours of my digital work lead me back to my felt tips, they were and ideal media  for reportage, life drawing and animals, as they came in a range of colours, blended well and were more self contained and less bulky than paint or ink. 

I used them briefly at the start of term, but then shunned them  for a biro, as I felt a biro fitted the concept of reportage and found objects more successfully. 

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 I used them briefly again in another reportage sketchbook as I found they were good for colouring large areas quickly and did not require a pencil sharpener.

I found that working with them my work was very hit and miss.. I couldn't understand how the end result could be soo good or soooo bad in the same setting with the same subject matter. This is best illustrated in this life drawing session:

 

I showed my tutor because I felt I was missing something glaringly obvious and needed a fresh perspective. 

He told me to consider light, this most certainly was a eureka moment, and I went on to produce this:

I also realised that they could be blended to an extent using water to soften the pen stroke lines. 

I went on to explore this technique further in my study of animals: 

 I'm happy with my experimentation and developed understanding of this media and fully intend to use it again in future.