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| This is the dogwood that started out very chaotic and purple and yellow (rubber cement watercolor). It has only a bit of the underlying design and color left and lots of pencil layers on top. There is a little work left to do. I did more work on this at home before class. |
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| This has a watercolor background (painted after I transferred the dogwood) and white gouache on the petals. I used pen & ink for the shading. There is a little colored pencil on the background. This was how it looked before class. |
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| I added a bit more ink, some colored pencil (and melted small areas). I needs more work. |
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| I worked some on the pattern in the shirt with pen & ink and colored pencil before class. I toned some areas of the background down with colored pencil. |
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| I finished the pattern on the shirt and then added the highlights and shadows with white and black. I worked a little on the hat (highlights) and worked on the face with white, light peach, peach, dark brown, and sienna. I have started to put in the wrinkles and the mouth and the ear. Need to do the hair with white and black colored pencil. Have already added some pen & ink. Overall it needs more work. |
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| I did this at home so it could dry. I started with masonite, primed with Kilz 2 primer. I wet it and added acrylic splattering until it looked interesting. I let it dry. Then I transferred the drawing and used white to paint the highlights. I let it dry. Then I sprayed the surface lightly with water, added the Acrylic Ground for Pastel, and painted it around with a wet flat brush. I then lightly sprayed again (to smooth it a bit) and let it dry. |
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| I have now started with the colored pencil working especially on the head behind the eye. I have used pomegranate, canary yellow, and white mostly. I did a little on the beak with white and black and pomegranate and some on the background with dark green and indigo. It all needs more work and refining. |