NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is how the piece looked after class

I finished the unfinished areas with the first few passes.

I started adding more layers and darkening some areas on the left side flower.  This will be covered more in the demo today and I will post more here after class as well.  

I used grass green, scarlet lake, crimson lake, yellow chartreuse, and white in the middle flower section and the top bract areas to start adding some darks, more color, some lights, and the start of detail.

 

Zoom Watercolor & White gouache Class May, 2021

This is what it looked like after last class and before this class.

This is after the glazing and layers of dark plus white gouache.  I need to finish the white gouache and work on the background (since I showed you different looks on each side of the background and am in the process on fixing the red on the left).

 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is step 1 for the blueberries.  I added light layers of Crimson Lake, Yellow Chartreuse, and Copenhagen Blue.  The paper texture will show which is OK.  These are the beginning steps, the under drawing.

I used my stik tak/poster putty, adhesive putty to lift the pencil in the light areas (it leaves a light stain of the color).  

I added Copenhagen Blue, lightly, over the Crimson Lake.  I added Peacock Blue lightly over the Copenhagen Blue.

I used the stik tak/poster putty, adhesive putty to lift the pencil in the light areas.

I used a Drawing Stump to blend all of these layers

 

Zoom Watercolor & White gouache Class May, 2021

 

I transferred the drawing darker than usual since the dog is black and since we added color as the first layer.

I wet the paper, dropped in ultramarine blue on the back side of the dog and all over the background.  I added spanish orange to the front of the dog as well as pyrrole scarlet to add warmth.  The red faded quite a lot on the front of the dog as it dried, I can add glazes of it later if I feel that it needs the color.  I also added red to the collar.  

Color choices can be different, choose colors that you prefer. 

I also flicked some color into the wet paint. 

I added red on the front of the dog, I felt it was needed.

I started adding the mixed dark (I mixed ultramarine blue, pyrrole scarlet, a little spanish orange, and a little phthalo blue to make the black).  I dampened the medium to large areas so that I had more time to work.  I worked wet on dry on the smaller areas.  I added the dark from the darkest areas to the lightest areas.  This is the first pass with the dark and will not have all of the details or values quite yet.

Do some negative painting into the white fur parts of the dog's fur.

I added some spanish orange into the eyes.

I worked on the face, lightly.  I will add another layer here in the next class.  I also worked on the body with more negative painting for the fur texture into the white fur.

I added the values into the nose, lightly for this first pass.

I used the mixed gray to add shadows to the collar.  I also added some more red to some areas.

I added the values into the eyes and then the color after that was dry.

I added white gouache into the collar.  I will also demonstrate white gouache on the dog after we get more darks and some texture and detail first.

I also added some red near the eye.  I am studying the background as I go to decide what it needs. It may need more red and/or to subdue some areas of the red. The yellow near the bottom needs to be either balanced or eliminated. Glazes into the background might be needed.  Still looking and waiting for more to be done on the dog. 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

The first step is to use white and shade the highlights in layers.

The second step is to shade parts of the white with yellow chartreuse (or chartreuse) leaving the highlights white.  

I did the left flower before class.  

These 2 photos are of the same stage of the drawing taken with different cameras under different lighting.

I demonstrated the first 2 steps using white and then yellow chartreuse on 2 petals on the right side flower

I left 2 petals blank in order to demonstrate this process later for a student who have missed class.

I then demonstrated adding the red using crimson lake.  I added some spanish orange on the edges of some of the red as well as in some green areas where warmth was needed.  We will continue this project in the next class.

 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is the additional piece I worked on.  This is the photo from last week.

These photos are at the same place.  They look different due to lighting and the camera used to take them.  I wanted you to see the variation.  And this is after I used editing to try and bring them closer together.

I demonstrated this part of the process again for a student who missed the first class.  

For the fig - I added Canary Yellow over the entire fig (except on the one highlight) and on the partial fig at the bottom.

For the branch - This has several light layers.  I often add color on the bottom layers to add warmth, richness, and to make it more interesting and varied.

1. for this one I used yellow chartreuse and added some of that lightly to areas that looked yellow in the photo.  

2. I used warm red (Scarlet lake) and added some lightly to areas that had a reddish tint in the photo. 

3. I used a warm brown (Burnt Ochre) and did a light to medium layer over the entire branch.

4. I used a dark brown (Dark Umber) to add dark values.

5. I used White to re-establish the highlights and light areas as needed.

 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is the photo from last week.

These photos are at the same place.  They look different due to lighting and the camera used to take them.  I wanted you to see the variation.  And this is after I used editing to try and bring them closer together.

During class I worked on the fig in layers.  I added grass green, lightly, to shift the fig towards green.  I then used grass green, indigo blue, white, spanish orange and yellow chartreuse plus burnt ochre to work on the values, the color, and the details.  I studied the photo and added darks, lights, texture, little details, and concentrated on warm and cool areas.

Next I focused on the branch, especially the lights and darks.  I used burnt ochre, dark brown, indigo blue, and white.  I also added color using spanish orange, scarlet, lake or yellow chartreuse.  I started to add texture and details.  I will continue the branch next week. 

 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

 

Step 1 - Using White I added in the light value areas, with a light touch, in layers building up to the lightest area.  I used the side of a sharpened pencil to keep my touch light.

Remember this is an under drawing or the first pass, we will be adding more white throughout the process as we adjust values.

Step 2 - Using Indigo Blue I added in the dark values with a light touch in layers building up to the darkest value (but not quite as dark as shown in the photo).  I used the side of a sharpened pencil to keep my touch light.

Remember this is an under drawing or the second pass, we will be adding more dark values throughout the process as we adjust values.

I demonstrated using the stump to blend the layers as well as cleaning the stump between uses with sandpaper or a sanding block.

The next step is adding color.  

For the fig - I added Canary Yellow over the entire fig (except on the one highlight) and on the partial fig at the bottom.

For the branch - This has several light layers.  I often add colors on the bottom layers to add warmth, richness, and to make it more interesting and varied.

1. I used warm yellow (Spanish Orange) and added some of that lightly to areas that looked yellow in the photo.  

2. I used warm red (Scarlet lake) and added some lightly to areas that had a reddish tint in the photo. 

3. I used a warm brown (Burnt Ochre) and did a light to medium layer over the entire branch.

4. I used a dark brown (Dark Umber) to add dark values.

5. I used White to re-establish the highlights and light areas as needed.

These are the beginning layers of color.  There will be more to come in the next class.  

This is the demonstration piece from class.  

I added the color to the piece I started before class.  I can demonstrate adding the color again on this as needed.

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

 

Colored pencil on toned gray paper.  I used White only to start a value study.  I built this up in layers.

I used Indigo to continue the value study and add darks.  The next step is color.