Art & Ale September, 2019

I added a few more layers to the blue blueberry.  Is still needs a bit more darkening.  I used mostly copenhagen blue and pomegranate so far.  I may add some peacock blue at some point as well. Remember to use the stump for smoothing and remember to clean the stump!  I used more peacock blue and yellow chartreuse in light layers on the left bottom berry.  I used both scarlet lake and pomegranate on the red parts of the berry.  I added a little pomegranate to the bottom of the berry to make it more shadowed.  I used the stump between layers.  On the red berry I used both reds.  I did quite a few layers.  After each layer I used the stump.  I used copenhagen blue on the left side and some blue to make it darker on the inside circle thing.  As for the background.  Know that if this were not a class i would not have done the colors in a small area only.  They would fade out to the edges.  I added the colors in layers overlapping in the transition areas.  Overlapping is tricky and requires patience and light layers.  

This is the full blueberry piece I did at home.  We did the berries on the left side in class.  Use this to help you if needed.

Sertoma CW Aug. and Sept. 2019

I worked on the branch, the leaf and the bottom of the back pear adding darks and details.  Have more to do but it's coming along.

Added more shadows to the body, added a background.  It needs more detail and darks work, but it's coming along.

This one still has issues, but it's come a long way as it has been a problem child from the start. The eye needs to be shaped correctly, it is incorrect at this point.  I lost it's shape. And there needs to be more values, color, and details and the background behind her head needs to be incorporated.  But I am pleased considering how this was going.  White gouache is how I fixed this one.

Art & Ale CP September, 2019

I worked on the eye.  I shaded it with brown first and then black.  I added white to the highlights and then gently went over the highlights with black to push them back a little.  I worked on the mane with cream first making a pencil stroke that went out from the body.  I then did the same with burnt ochre and a little dark brown.  I then highlighted that with cream (using the same out from the body stroke).  I used all the colors - white, cream, burnt ochre, dark brown and black to work on the areas of the face and ears and horns.  In areas that had texture I used cream to make the fur textures.  I used the 2 browns and black in the darkest areas in the places like the ears, horns, nostrils, and on some of the spots.  I used true blue on areas around the eye, part of the face, around the back of the nostril, and the back of the head.  This is very close to being complete.  At this point I would spend time studying it and making minor corrections and additions as needed.

We started shading the blue blueberry.  Use either Copenhagen blue or denim blue (ultramarine blue will work as well).  Shade lightly using the side of the pencil in small circular strokes.  Pay attention to the values!  I then used pomegranate for the red parts shading lightly using the side of the pencil.  I used a stump after each layer to further smooth the pencil.  Remember to clean the stump between uses, I use sand paper to clean it.

I did a few more layers with the same blue and red. I  Shaded lightly using the side of the pencil in small circular strokes.  Keep paying attention to the values! I continued using a stump after each layer to further smooth the pencil.  I am still working on this blueberry.  Worked on the green blueberry to the left I started with yellow chartreuse (lemon yellow will work as well).  Shaded lightly on the bottom part.  Pay attention to the values! Then using peacock blue I shaded again and then used the stump. Pay attention to the values! Next I used scarlet lake lightly at the top and then used the stump. Remember to clean the stump between uses, I use sand paper to clean it.

Sertoma CW August and September, 2019

I did two passes of glazing.  I did this before class since it's the last class and it needs to be dry to work on in class.  The first pass was a warm yellow orange and the second pass was a warm yellow.  I made sure it dried overnight between glazes.  Yours may or may not need these glazes.  Mine did.  I did not wet the paper before.  I wanted the paper to be completely dry so the paint underneath would mostly stay put.  I mixed a light version of the glaze color and then gently applied it (do not rub the brush much on the surface when applying a glaze).  The first glaze was applied to the entire person, hair and all.  The second was applied only to the skin and the front part of the hair and shirt (to give it a glow of yellow).  Whenever I glaze I am aware that it truncates the contrast or range of values and that I will need to reestablish the contrast/values.

Art & Ale CP September, 2019

I used the same base colors - cream, white, burnt ochre, and dark brown plus a little black with the dark brown on the darker spots. I used the same process as we used on the neck to worked on the spots on the face and head.  I will show the next steps in the next class.

Sertoma CW August and September, 2019

Started adding shadows to the back pear.  Need to add more shadows and some details on the pears.

Added some more shadows on the body and the head.  Need to keep adding shadows as well as details and texture.  I worked on his p\face near the nose adding the shadows and textures on his muzzle.  I used white gouache to show how to add highlights and fix areas.

This is after the second pour that I did at home before class.  I used orange and yellow again.  it needed to be a bit darker.  I apologize as the quality of this photo is poor.

I wet the paper within the outline of the woman.  I added a slightly neutralized blue to start shading her, adding shadows. A color can be neutralized adding the color opposite to it on the color wheel.

I used a purple brown to add more shadows.  I added this brown into the hair as some of the skin peeks through the hair.  I will add more shadows and color to the face and add more color and dark to the hair in the next class.

Art & Ale Colored Pencil September, 2019

We started the giraffe with cream and white, shading lightly in a circular motion with the side of the cream pencil.  I did several layers of the cream and white (the white was added into the lightest areas).  I then concentrated on the neck area.  I made one light pass with cream, shading the spots using the side of the pencil.  The I used burnt ochre adding a few layers of that in the spots, lightly using the circular motion. I then added dark brown into dark areas of the spots and scarlet lake (crimson lake is fine) into the spots.  I added more cream in the light areas of the spots and more burnt ochre if needed.  I lightly shaded burnt ochre and dark brown over the cream on the dark shadow side of the giraffe's neck and burnt ochre into the cream on the light side as some areas on the light side have a red brown color.

Sertoma CW August and September, 2019

I started adding more value, color, and texture to the pears and the leaves.  Working on the shadows.  Added a little dark to the right side of the background of the pear to pop the pear forward.  Need to add some darker darks next class on the pears as well as add details.

Add some darks around his face.  More sill needed as well as some of the details, will do that next class.

Watercolor pour.  Step one is to add masking to the lightest areas.  Then I poured red and yellow.  I left puddles sitting around the edges and in the middle and as you see it blossomed.  The puddles need to be wicked away otherwise as the paper starts to dry the puddled blossom in towards the dry paper.  I plan to do a second pour before class as this one was a bit too light.

Exhibit

NCBG ICP August, 2019

Worked a bit more on the background especially near the top.

NCBG ICP August, 2019

This is how it looked after class.

I worked on the parts of the stem and all of the grapes, especially those I had left unfinished.  I worked on the background as well.  I layered color and then smoothed, lightened, and/or blended it with white.  I layered color and used my fingers and/or a stump to blend. I kept shaping it until it was pleasing to my eyes.  Towards the end I used lots of yellow both the warm and cool (spanish orange and yellow chartreuse).  I will look at it over the next few days and make any adjustments as I see things that bother me (and not sure the top of the background is done yet).