Looking to create a festive masterpiece this holiday season? In this step by step tutorial, learn how to draw an adorable Christmas gonk using Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils! Perfect for beginners, this easy to follow video will help to bring your gonk to life with vibrant colours and simple techniques. So go grab your art supplies and join me for some creative Christmas fun!

Tools required…

Strathmore Bristol smooth paper

Embossing tool (if wanting to do the fly away hairs on beard-although I didn’t find them very effective!)

Brush for wiping eraser dust (I use a clean make up brush)

Tombow mono zero eraser

Normal eraser

Polychromos pencils (or another brand with similar colours)

BLACK

WHITE

BURNT ORCHRE

DARK CADMIUM ORANGE

DEEP SCARLET RED

BEIGE RED

WARM GREY IV

WALNUT BROWN

Download Xmas Gonk reference images here

HAPPY DRAWING!