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| Watercolor under painting. This photo is washed out a bit. It was taken with my phone in not ideal lighting. |
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| The start of white and black Pen & Ink as well as colored pencil. This photo is washed out a bit. it was taken with my phone in not ideal lighting. |
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| More pen & ink and colored pencil. |
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| Getting close, still need some work in the hair and teaks elsewhere. |
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| I used watercolor pencils and added more dark into the trunk and leaves. My first couple of passes were too light for my taste. I find adding colored pencil to a medium to dark surface to be a quicker process. |
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| I used some white and black pen & ink to add some value and texture. I started organizing the darks and lights, added "sky holes" (more needed) and started working on the trunk all with colored pencil. |
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| I added more white to the bird. Need to add some of the shadows. I worked on the legs adding color and value. They still need some darks. I added the shadow below the bird to ground the bird. I also added some warm yellow to the ground as well. I added more light and dark to the beak and head. I used purple to darken around areas of the bird. |
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| Colored pencil on a clue-green mat board. I started with white and did a value study first. Then I added the color. I used peacock blue, aquamarine, white, spanish orange, peach, black, burnt ochre, coppenhagen blue. I work in light layers building the color and value. I press hard towards the end if needed. I work on the whole piece building it up. In class I work in smaller areas for demonstration purposes. |
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| Mixed media on watercolor paper. We used Winsor & Newton cold press 140 lb., but I use many brands, sometimes hot press and sometimes 300 pound. This was taken with a different camera in different light than the next photo so there will be variations in color and value. This was the piece after I had done the watercolor background (wet the paper, did some sanding with watercolor pencils and dropped in some salt - see texture handout for more instructions). Then I started working on values with pen & ink - both a white and black pen using scumbling and pointillism/stippling. I could finish this with the pen&ink at this point and not add colored pencil as it's a nice piece. |
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| This has more pen&ink and some colored pencil. So far I have used white, terra cotta, black, scarlet lake, peach, true blue. I may add more color and definitely need more values/contrast and details. But it's coming along. For this mixed media I did watercolor first, pen & ink second and colored pencil last. |
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| I started shading the Ibis. I used purple and yellow similar to what I used on the background. I worked mostly wet in wet. I also worked on the legs (still need a few more shadows on the legs and feet). At the same time as the legs and feet I added the shadow underneath the bird. I used purple and orange on the shadow under the bird. The shadow needs a few more dark areas. I will work on adding darks and some details next class. Should be able to finish this one next class. |
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| I wet the front grass area up into the wheels and dropped in green and a little yellow. I wet and dropped in the blue and orange on more car panels. I worked on the grill and bumper, the first pass was to wet the entire grill and bumper dropping in light color - blue and brown. Then on the second pass I added some of the dark spaces and I worked on the bottom right rust and started one of the four parts on the bumper that stick out (not sure what to call them). I also added light color to the headlights. Will work on one next class. I will also need to add shadows and highlights to the car panels I dropped color into. |
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| I started this by transferring the drawing first and then wet the background and over the back leg that is in shadow. I dropped in color - a purple I mixed (ultramarine and quin. rose) along with permanent yellow deep. While it was wet I did sanding with watercolor pencils and added some salt. Later I went gently over the background with water a brush. I also softened the edges of the bird with water and a brush. I will work on this starting wet and getting more dry as I go on. |
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| I started this one by transferring the drawing first. Then I will work section by section wet-on-wet and fairly pigmented. I started on the trees in the background and windows. Then I mixed a dark color using 3 primaries. I used pthalo blue, quin. rose, and permanent yellow deep. Then I did the front panel of the car. I used pthalo blue and ultramarine mixed for the blue. I used pyrrol scarlet (warm red) for the rust. I wet the paper and dropped in the blue paying attention to the values. I then dropped in the red and dotted the red with a little blue. Then while it was still wet I did a little sanding with orange and brown watercolor pencils. |
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| I started this with a blank piece of very wet paper. I added color from the tip of the watercolor pencils, by splattering and by sanding (using a small grater I ran the watercolor pencil in the grater that was held over the wet paper letting the little speckles fall onto the wet paper). After it dried I transferred the drawing and started with a white colored pencil paying attention the the values (I did a small area for demonstration purposes). |
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| For this one I transferred the drawing first. I shaded on dry paper with the watercolor pencils. I then wet it with water. I used water to pull some of the color into the background and used splattering and salt to make texture. I may do a little more color with the watercolor pencils before using the colored pencils. |
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| I added a shadow under the cows, added more darks to the cow's head (needs more on the body), starting adding white with gouache to the cow (horns and spots) and added some glazes of color to the grass to tone down the texture. |
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| I worked on the pilings adding shadows. His head, wing and eye need more work. |
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| I worked with a mixed dark on the beak, used white to further shade and then texture the flamingo. I also made a dark red ro shade and texture the flamingo. I worked on the eye as well with the mixed dark and white gouache. I still need to add the pupil... |
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| I worked on a few strands of the hair, the clothes and added a few more darks and lights to the face. This needs much more value work as well as details and refining. In the hair I used color first, then black and then light peach and scribbled darks and lights to make the look of the braids. There is a lot more to do. |
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| I worked on the nose with mostly white and black layering and paying attention to the values. I worked on the area around the eye and the eye and a little on the mane. I used cream, white, terra cotta and black. I did a light layer of yellow due to the color of my paper. My horse was looking pink due to the background color so I used yellow to tone the pink down. Still have lots more to do, but it is well on the way. |
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| I worked on the body of the cow. I wet the cow and dropped in darks guiding them to shade the cow. I will finish the darks and add the white with gouache in the next class. |
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| I worked a little on the eye. It still needs to be shaded a little. I made the eye white with gouache and added a dark center. I used a dark red to add shadows in the area around the eye. |
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| I used my cool red and added a little warm red to it. I wet the paper and dropped in the color. I added a little salt for texture. If the color is too light, do another round of the red. After it dried I transferred the drawing with white transfer paper (grey will work as well). I then used white gouache to start shading the flamingo. I wet the areas I was working on and dropped in the white gouache and guided it. I made the white gouache more and less white with the amount of water I added to the gouache. I mixed a darker red (did this using the red for the background and added a little blue and/or green to it until it was darker). I wet the dark areas and dropped in the darker color. I will add the feather textures and details later. These first passes of values is to make the flamingo look round, to give it form. Detail comes later. |
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| I worked more on the turtle. I am adding light to the tops. I am popping the areas around their heads more then their tails using more detail and values around the heads. I will work in the background as needed for value and to calm any texture that is distracting. |
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| I started this with cream and white laying in the light areas. If this were not a demo I would have used the white and cream all over the face and hair and clothes before adding color. Using the side of a sharpened terra cotta pencil I lightly shaded the skin. Using black cherry, terra cotta and dark brown I started laying in the dark areas. (these colors can be substituted with black grape or indigo, sienna brown, dark umber or sepia for example). I also added scarlet lake for some of the warm red areas and a little cadmium orange as well in some areas. I then chose an area to do a little more finish work - the area around the nose, cheeks and mouth. I used all the same colors as before with the addition of peach. I layered the colors paying attention to values and used the peach to smooth the areas. I used the white in highlights and then added more darks as needed. I often work light, then dark, then light etc. as I layer which helps smooth it out. But the layers in the beginning and middle of the process are light so I do not over saturate the paper. We will continue in the next class. |
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| This started as the dark watercolor background. I transferred the drawing with white transfer paper. I then used white and cream to lay in the light values. I will go over the next layers in the next class. |
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| I added more darks and more braids and hair. |
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| I took an already textured watercolor paper that was a green blue. I did about 4 layers of color because I wanted it to be dark. I layered blue, orange, yellow and red on top of the blue green. I wet the paper each time, added the color and then lightly spritzed the paper and sometimes splattered the color as well. Then I transferred the drawing with white transfer paper (I have some for those who do not). |
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| I added more darks and lights and some details with gouache to the pelican. I added a few darks and some lights to the post. The post still needs a bit of work as does the pelican (he needs an eye). |
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| I started adding dark to the cow, did not finish it yet. The easiest way is to wet the cow, make it damp, not puddled. Drop in the dark. Remember that the paint comes off the brush most at the place that you lift the brush. So lift the brush in the dark areas. |
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| I worked a little more on some of the turtle shells. |
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| I worked a little on the red pepper and added the shadows underneath the peppers. |
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| Rubber cement and on pass with paint. have removed the rubber cement (usually leave it to do more layers). See the texture handout for information on how to make these textures. |
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| Plastic wrap. |
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| Sanding. |
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| Wax paper. |
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| The under painting for the woman. At home before class I wet the paper and dropped in orange and a cool yellow. After that dried is when I should have transferred the drawing (I did it before and it was hard to see). I then used rubber cement to make texture in her hair and on her scalp. I used a purple and blue to make the darks. I dripped the hair strands. Then I wet the paper around her head and added some color to the dark parts of her hair and added darks to her face as well (I used the purple and blue - the purple was quin. rose and ultramarine plus phthalo blue. The blue was phthalo blue plus ultramarine mixed together). I have more hair to add and a little more dark. I will post again when I have it done. For the shirt area I added a green (phthalo blue and warm yellow) and put plastic wrap to make the texture. |
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| This is the same woman in process as a watercolor painting. I mentioned it and a few of you wanted to see it. I started it last fall and it's been sitting there until I can get back to it. I have a bit more to do. |
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| I mixed a dark neutral (3 primaries). i took a bit of the neutral and added a lot of water to make it lighter. I wet the cow around the spots and dropped in the neutral color and guided it around. While it was still wet I dropped in some red as well. I wet and dropped in the light color for the small cow in the back. |
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| I worked on the wing. I wet the area and added the neutral in lines in the direction of the feathers. I added some red as well. It still needs more darks. I wet the posts at the bottom and added many colors in a vertical pattern. I did not mix them with the brush, I dropped them while holding the paper upright so they would run. I wet the beak and added the neutral color and red. Later I came back and added white gouache. I added yellow to the head. Later I came and shaded it with white gouache. |
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| On the head an flipper I used white, terra cotta (burnt sienna will also work), black cherry (black grape or indigo will also work). On the shell I used the colors mentioned and also added a little grass green and pomegranate. I added some peacock blue to darken the water around around the head. Make sure when you do this that the color graduates outward, don't make an outline or halo. Focus on the values, the lights, mediums and darks, make sure your turtles, especially the heads and front flippers, "pop". I will demo more on the turtles next class especially for those who missed class. |
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| On the green pepper I used white, grass green, dark green, peacock blue, indigo, yellow chartreuse and a little scarlet lake in the dark area. I layered these according to the value I needed. I usually put down darks in the shadows, layer a lighter color over the top and then do the darks again. In the light areas I lightly layer a color, then do white, then the color again. In a white highlight areas I layer the white and press hard at the end. Layering combines the colors and adds richer color. On the yellow pepper I started with canary yellow and did a light shading over the entire pepper. On the left side shadows I layered scarlet lake, canary yellow, white, purple, white, canary yellow. On the right I started with cadmium orange and have not layered color yet. I started working on the top but have a bit more to do value wise. For the red pepper I worked on the top left only. I used crimson red and indigo and a little white. I barely started layering and will do more next class. I plan to use crimson red, pomegranate and scarlet lake as well as white, indigo and possible canary yellow. I will demo more on the peppers next class especially for those who missed class. |
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| I transferred the drawing first. Next I wet the paper and added green and yellow in the grass areas and blue at the top (you can use whatever colors you wish). I then splattered some of the green and yellow (splatter the colors you decide to use). When the paper was shiny but not puddles I added table salt towards the top and larger salt towards the bottom. I let it dry. We will start painting the cows next class. |
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| We started with a blank white piece of paper. We wet the paper and added blue (add any color you want to add). I made it look like a sky. After that dried I transferred the pelican. I mixed a dark (I used the 3 primaries included the darkest blue I had). I leaned it towards purple. I started on the head and wet an area. I dropped in the dark. I dropped in red on the top of his head and the dark below it and let them merge. I worked down into the feather area and added the paint in lines to make a feather like texture, especially on the edges. When I wanted lighter areas I used a little more water in the paint (that way the white of the paper showing through makes the light areas). Since we are using gouache we can also make lighter areas with the gouache, I will show you that later). |
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| I added the background. I mixed a gray. Gray is made by mixing the 3 primaries and leaning it toward the blue. Brown is made by mixing the 3 primaries and leaning it toward red and yellow. I wet the paper and dropped in the gray moving it around the paper. I then dropped in some of the yellow, red and green used in the peppers. I added a bit more gray on the bottom and added the color of the pepper in its cast shadow. The shadows faded a bit more than I wanted so I may redo them with watercolor before staring on the colored pencil. |
