![Yelena Shabrova ~ A sketch a day: textures in colored pencil, with a horse ~ Staedtler colored pencil on Canson drawing paper, 6" x 4"](https://i0.wp.com/shabrova.com/_v2/wp-content/uploads/2016-11-30-horse-silhouette-640x427.jpg?resize=640%2C427&ssl=1)
That’s my sketch on the go from earlier this week finished. I wanted to see how much texture could be built on Canson drawing paper with pencils only, without any other tools. To my surprise, the paper let be create quite a few nice subtle patterns. I especially like those crossing lines on the horse.