Bradford Hall Workshop, February 12, 2016

Drawing

Wet the background and over the leaves and branch.  Keep the flower petals dry.  Drop in color, the color is your choice.  I used gray mixed from the 3 primaries.  After that is dry, dampen the flower and paint the flower with the red (watered down).

Mix a green (yellow + blue) and paint the leaves.  Mix a brown (green + red) and paint the branch.  Allow it to dry.

Use white colored pencil and added highlights (on petals, leaves, and branch).

Use Indigo Blue cp to add the darks (on petals, leaves, and branch).

Use Pomegranate cp for the petals and Canary Yellow cp for the leaves.

Use all 4 colored pencils to add darks and lights, color, and detail as needed.  Work in the background as needed, adjusting the values and color.

Bradford Hall Workshop February 12, 2016

Drawing

Wet the background and over the leaves and branch.  Keep the flower dry.  Drop in color mixed from Permanent Rose, Prussian Blue, Lemon Yellow.  I mixed gray (all 3 primaries) and used yellow and rose in places.  The background color is your choice.

Dampen the flower, mix rose with a tiny bit of blue, and paint the flower paying attention to the values (lights and darks).  Mix green (yellow + blue) and paint the leaves, paying attention to the values.  Mix a brown (green and red) and paint the branch.

Use White and Indigo Blue colored pencils.  Use white to add the highlights and blue to slightly darken the shadows.  Work on the flower, leaves, and branch.

Use Pomegranate and Canary Yellow colored pencils.  Use yellow for the leaves and red for the petals.

Continue refining and working on the values with all 4 pencils.  You can also work on the background if needed with colored pencil Add caption

Continuing Watercolor (January and February 2016)

I finally gave the wolf an eye.  This needs more work on the fur and a little detail work.

I darkened under the hat on the face and added more darks and details to the face (and not without some issues...).  I worked on the beard as well.  it needs more work, but is much improved.  The shirt, especially the back of the shirt, needs some darks.  The hat needs more texture and some darks as well. 

I softened the back hills (with water and a brush) and I added some blue as my back hills were very pale.  Next I used green, purple, and sienna, wet the hill on the left (except the rocks) and dropped in color.  I added salt, lots of it (add salt when the paper is wet, but not puddles).  After it was dry I added darks and texture around the rocks,  I will continue doing this in areas on that hill with the same colors in values from medium to dark.  I also added darks on the rock area.  I wet the area and put the dark in.  I also pulled some out with a damp brush to make shadows on the light part of the rock.  I added some burnt sienna and purple as a glaze later.  I also added a bit more dark.  I painted the tree by mixing a brown, painting on the dark side, and using a damp brush on the light side and letting the color move over a little.   I also added some purple and black to the dark side of the tree and pulled some branches out.  Remember that I worked on small bits around the painting for demonstration purposes only, to speed up the demo.  I would normally work all over and build the painting up to completion as a unit. 

Continuing Watercolor (January and February 2016)

I did a little more dry brushing.  I need to do the eye and finish the fur.

I did more masking on the beard.  I made the background a bit darker and textured (I may do a glaze over it).  I added darks up under the hat and started adding the features.  Need to add wrinkles.  The beard needs dark hairs and for some of the white ones to be toned down.  The shirt needs a bit more work as does the hat. 

I wet the sky and added blue, a bit darker at the top lightening as it went towards the horizon.  I painted blue along the top of the back hill and then used a damp brush to pull it down.  I then did the bottom land area (skipping the middle one so the top could dry) and dropped in blue and green and brown.  I did the middle land area similarly to the top one.  It is a good start and I am glad it's light.  I can always darken it if needed.