Zoom Colored Pencil Class June, 2021

 

This is how it looked at the end of the last class.

Before the second class I worked some on the left side and top of the stem.  I used all of the same colors - white, black grape, cream, 50% warm gray, scarlet lake (warm red), Crimson lake, pomegranate, Spanish orange (warm yellow) lemon yellow (cool yellow), grass green.  I added canary yellow and yellow chartreuse.

I layered the darks and started working on some details.  It's mostly about the values, the lights and darks.  Values create the form, they are part of the structure.  Color is about beauty and expression.

Using the same list of colors with the addition of black to deepen the dark on the right petal and canary yellow to add into the yellow fringe, I worked on the right petal in class showing the layers of color and the addition of details. 

Using the same colors, with the addition of yellow chartreuse, I worked on the stem. 

I also worked on the top light petals starting the folds and the wrinkles.  I used the same colors as last class, with the addition of canary yellow and light umber (easier than mixing the brown).  And I still need to work on the concave square medium dark area I talked about in class.  I will work around it first and then study it to see what, if anything, it still needs in order to be pushed back.  Sometimes the problem area becomes solved when you put in the items around it (and sometimes not...).

This process is a matter of gently layering the colors to build the values, darks and the lights, adding color to express your beautiful self.

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is how it looked after the last post.

Using the same limited 6 color mixing palette, I continued to add darks to the shadow areas.  I added more dark to the upper left blueberry and to the left pink and green blueberry.

Remember that Peacock Blue and Scarlet Lake make a good dark (and you can add Copenhagen Blue or other colors as needed) .  Vary the ratios to vary the color - if you need it to be a dark blue lean it toward blue. If you need it to be a dark red lean it toward the red.

I added more Copenhagen blue and peacock blue to the upper left blueberry.  I used an eraser to gently lift some of the color in the light area.  I also started adding the middle detail using both blues.  I am still working on the center. 

On the bottom left blueberry I started adding the center part using both blues and both reds.  I am still working on the center.  I also deepened the color on the blueberry and darkened the darks using both blues and both reds.  I lifted as needed using an eraser, gently, like shading a light area with a pencil.

I used peacock clue and yellow chartreuse to make green on the stem.  I used both reds on the red part and overlapped the reds and green a little.  I mixed the red and green to make the darks as well.  I used an eraser to lift a little light.

 

Zoom Colored Pencil Class June, 2021

 

This is how it looked at the start of class.  I had done a little of the cream and white.

Close-up.

This is after the White and Cream for the light areas and the Black Grape and 50% Warm Gray for the dark areas. I could have used other colors in place of these.  I was mostly thinking dark and light.  

Sometimes I enjoy these so much that I finish them with the value colors and not the rest of the color I had planned.

 I am shading all of this lightly except for the white strip parts and the white edges. 

I added Spanish Orange (warm yellow) to the filaments.

I shaded Lemon Yellow on the petals that are yellow or have some yellow and on the stem.  I added some in with the Spanish Orange on the filaments as well. 

I shaded Scarlet Lake to areas that are red or had reddish tints.

I added Grass Green to the stem, shading it lightly over the entire stem. 

I shaded all of these colors lightly.  Additional finishing layers come after this part of the process is finished.  I work to quickly and lightly get the structure and form going before finishing.  This is my roadmap.

The differences in color are due to the lighting.  I took a few photos during the video process and one before and one after in a different location so the lighting varies a little.  I did do some some editing to bring them closer together.

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

This is how it looked at the end of class.

I have worked on this since class adding color and more lights and darks to the bracts and the stem mostly.  I'm using the same colors we have already used plus I added indigo blue to the colors being used to get some more dark values.

 

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

 

This was what this looked like before class.

This is what it looked like after class.  

In class I demonstrated the next layers on the bracts. I added more white for light areas and more of the yellow chartreuse as needed.  I added the crimson lake for the tips and darkened the tips (grass green and red make a nice dark as does red and indigo blue).  I also added a warm yellow to some areas of the bracts.  I overlapped the green and red where they meet on the bracts.

I added grass green to the flowers in the center and also used white, and yellow chartreuse.  I added crimson lake to make the darks (indigo blue would work as well) and to add some red on the flower buds in the center. This area still needs more darks and refining and detail.

I also demonstrated on the stem using Crimson Lake, Yellow Chartreuse, and Grass Green (and white if needed).  You can also use Indigo Blue to add darks.

NCBG Beginning Colored Pencil May, 2021

 

This is what it looked like before class.

Using the same 6 colors, I started adding the shadows to add the form.  The 6 colors:

Scarlet Lake (warm red) 

Crimson Lake (cool red) (note - I often use Pomegranate as my cool red)

Spanish orange (warm yellow)

Yellow Chartreuse (cool yellow)

Peacock Blue (green blue)

Copenhagen Blue (purple blue) (note - I sometimes use Denim Blue or Indanthrone Blue as substitutes).

Note - a  3 color palette I use sometimes is Crimson Red, Canary Yellow, and True Blue. 

I continued using the stump to blend the layers (clean between uses) 

I use my stik tak and erasers to lift the light areas.  

Remember that Peacock Blue and Scarlet Lake make a good dark (and you can add Copenhagen Blue or other colors as needed) .  Vary the ratios to vary the color - if you need it to be a dark blue lean it toward blue. If you need it to be a dark red lean it toward the red.

Zoom Watercolor & White gouache Class May, 2021

 

This is the dog at the end of class

This is the dog after some white gouache work adding details all over (mostly lots of hairs).   I added some of the dark here and there as needed. 

I added a yellow glaze on the left side of the background.  Then, after that dried, I added a thin layer of white gouache to the entire background.  I meant to do that for you in class.  The process is the same as glazing.  I mixed up a puddle of white gouache and painted it wet on dry.  The white gouache 'glaze' mutes the color, mutes the detail, it pushes the background back as it should be.