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| Black and White side view with white paper behind it. I have started adding color on the color side. I will be making adjustments to this as needed while I work on the color side. I will be lifting/erasing to lighten and using my dark color to darken. |
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| Color side with white paper behind it. On the flower petals I have used pale vermilion, canary yellow, yellow chartreuse, scarlet lake to shade the petals. On the leaves I have used grass green, yellow chartreuse, scarlet lake. I have lightly shaded scarlet lake and Spanish orange on the middle seed section and some indigo to darken it near the petals. On the bird I have used grass green, dark brown, terra cotta, and indigo. |
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| This is colored pencil and solvents on hot press watercolor paper. There are two methods used here. I shaded the color onto the grape and then use a brush and rubbing alcohol to melt the wax and blend the color. On the other method I shaved the pencil into a container (I use metal jar lids), add rubbing alcohol, and mix it into a puddle of color. I then paint it onto the grape. To lighten the color add more rubbing alcohol. For the red grapes I used a combination of crimson red, scarlet lake, and pomegranate. In the shadows I added black grape. For the purple grape I used the same 4 colors but added much more black grape to the mix. For the green grape and stem I used grass green, dark green, yellow chartreuse and spanish orange. I added little spots of scarlet lake into the stem and melted it. I need to add a blush of red into the green grape still. and I need to do the other green grape. |