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| A reminder that for demonstration purposes I work on small sections but this is not the way I typically work. I worked on leaves and the stem. I used alternating layers of canary yellow and true blue first on the leaves, Then I did a few layers of grass green and scarlet lake/pomegranate (either red will work). Then I did black grape in the dark areas. The leaf on the left shows what it looks like after those layers. After that I used white to burnish the entire leaf. Then using the colors I have already used I added in more darks and used white to make the light areas lighter. I added color as I thought it was needed. I drew in veins with a sharp white pencil followed by a line of shadow next to it with a sharp black grape pencil. The leaf on the right shows what it looks like after burnishing and refining a bit. The green on this leaf may need to be knocked back a bit with some red. |
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| I worked on burnishing and refining the leaf on the left. I also worked on the petals with layers of pomegranate and scarlet lake. I burnished with white and then added more color as needed. I used black grape, only a little to add shadows. The stem was layers of canary yellow, scarlet lake or pomegranate, and true blue with white to burnish and black grape as a shadow on the side. The dark background was layers of scarlet lake and grass green. Then I put back grape over the top. I erased out a stem and leaf shape to show how to add these if you want to you background. I may burnish at some point, possibly with a stiff brush, a stump, or the colorless blender. |
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| I started working on the neck with the same layers of colors that we used elsewhere. It is not complete yet (not enough dark values yet). |