| 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. |
