DAC cp&mm July and August 2019

I added more color and more white to the white bracts.  I used spanish orange and scarlet lake and a little indigo to add color and value.  Be careful with indigo as it changes quite a bit if white is put over it.

This is how it looked before adding colored pencil.

I have started on the head and ears with colored pencil.  There is none below the the collar.  I have used white first for the highlights and light areas.  I then usually go over the white with color as needed.  Using white is typically my first step.  Do your pencil strokes in the direction of the fur.  I have also used burnt ochre, spanish orange, scarlet lake, cream, black, true blue so far.  The true blue is in the background and a little on the dog.  Will use it on the collar most likely (will do that and the mouth next class among other things).

This is the second demo of the loose watercolor under painting.  I have made 2 passes.  I may make a third pass before starting colored pencil.

DAC CP & MM, July and August 2019

This is what it looked like after class last week.

This is what it looks like after another pass with color and value.  I mixed a purple and added it to the shadow side and to some shadows on the light side.  I then added a mixed a yellow orange brown (similar to a burnt sienna but a little more golden yellow).  I painted this over the cool yellows on the dog and into the lighter areas on the shadow side of the dog.  I painted the dog collar blue.  I then splattered the entire piece with the blue, purple and the mixed brown color.  I used a paper towel to lighten any splatters that were in a bad spot or seemed distracting.  I am happier with the values and textures of this as an under painting.

DAC, CP & MM, July and August 2019

I started adding color to the dogwood.  I will add more next class.  On the branch and bud I used scarlet lake, peacock blue, indigo, spanish orange.  On the white  I used spanish orange very lightly in some areas to warm the white.  On the ends I used spanish orange and scarlet lake and indigo in a few small dark places.  In the center I used yellow chartreuse and chartreuse plus white and indigo so far.

We started by transferring the drawing, wetting the paper and dropping in color for those using watercolor.  For watercolor pencil you have several ways to add color that I demonstrated in class (and will demonstrate again in the next class).  Use the colors that you like for this piece.  I then used the texture technique called sanding (which I will demonstrate again next class).  After the first pass the entire piece looked like the background, the dog did not show yet.  After that was dry, I used a black and brown watercolor pencil to add the darks.  I shaded it on and then wet it with a brush.  I then used a mixed brown watercolor to add some color and bright yellow where the light hit.  I need to add color to the shadow side of the dog still and to the collar as well.  When I do this I'll post to the blog again. 
REMEMBER - this is an under painting, we will add colored pencil to do the details and to finish this piece. 
Also, when you transfer the drawing remember to check that your graphite paper will stay when you put water over it.  Some graphite paper is made to go away as you paint which is helpful for watercolor but not for mixed media.  Check this by running a wet brush over a small area of the drawing a few times.   

DAC CP & MM July and August, 2019

added many layers of white paring attention to the details and the shadows.  I left some undone in case I need to demo the white a bit more in class.

The color wheel finished and labeled.

DAC Colored Pencil & Mixed Media

Color Wheel from another class, colors used were Pomegranate (CR), Scarlet lake (WR), Copenhagen Blue (PB). Peacock Blue (GB), Spanish Orange (WY), Yellow Chartreuse(CY).  Keep in mind that the colors seen here most likely do not look the way the colors look in person.  The applies to all images online and in photos.

An almost finished version of the dogwood.  We will add color in the next class.  This is so you can see where we are headed.

The dogwood in white (from another class).

This is the dogwood after class.  When I get more of the white done I will post it for you.  We will add color in the next class.

The partially completed color wheel from class.  I used Scarlet Lake (WR), Pomegranate (CR), True Blue (PB), Peacock Blue (GB), Canary yellow (CY) and Spanish Orange (WY).  The extra dots are other colors that can be used.  The yellow dot is yellow chartreuse.  The red dots are Crimson red on top and crimson lake on the bottom. The blue dots are Copenhagen blue on top and indigo blue on the bottom.  Keep in mind that the colors seen here most likely do not look the way the colors look in person.  The applies to all images online and in photos.  I need to finish the purples and oranges.