Continuing Watercolor Sertoma (September/October 2014)(sorry for the green tint to these, I tried to color correct

I added more dark to the yolk with red and also some yellow.  I added yellow to the 'white' part and some burnt sienna to the shadows.  It needs more detail and value work, but is coming along.

I did glazing on the background - aureolin yellow with a second glaze of rose on the top left and rose on the bottom left.  I removed the masking from the middle parts and added a few more shadows on some petals.  It needs more work.  

Burnt sienna with a bot of rose and cobalt for the brown.  Then I did a value study, a bit light, as an under painting.  It is not complete yet.

Continuing Watercolor (September/October 2014)

I started with the yolk.  I 'moderately' wet the paper leaving a few small dry spots and dropped in a yellow mixture (perm. rose and aureolin as well as azo yellow when I ran out of aureolin).  I then added some red to the dark part of the yolk and some yellow to the light part at the top to create some value changes.  I let this dry.  I then moderately wet the egg white area and used gray to start adding shadows and details.  The gray was a mixture of perm. rose, aureolin yellow (thanks Mike) and cobalt.

First I used orange tinted masking fluid (thanks Maria) to put in the middle part of the flower.  After that was dry I wet the background area making the paper very wet.  I dropped in cobalt, indigo, aureolin yellow, and the greens these make mixed together.  BTW - the color change from top to bottom is more drastic in the photo than on the original.  I let the color move and flow together guiding it a bit.  I let this dry.  Then I put in the middle red part on dry paper.  I mixed the pwrm. rose with a little cobalt for the color.  I dropped in a bit of indigo to make a shadowed area.  Next I moderately wet the petals one by one using cobalt to make shadows.  I put a little of the red color at the base.  Next I mixed a yellow green with aureolin and a little cobalt.  I put this on the small parts between the petals and tipped those with rose.

BAL Class (August 2014)

Acrylic on canvas panel.  The cat looks a bit psycho and the red shows up too much in the photo (not in person).  But this had potential.  It needs more work of course, this is one that has not gone smoothly, it happens.

It is a bit improved.  I will continue to add the hair textures in white as it needs much more white.  I will continue to add details and adjust values.  The red shows up even more in the photo (no more was added).

Colored pencil on gray mat board.  This one needs a lot of work in the background (although some of the stuff you see is not actually on the original).   I have a bit more work with detail and value adjustments. 

Watercolor.  This is close to finished but needs a bit more detail work and value adjustments.  But it's close.

Acrylic on canvas panel.  I worked on the flower a bit, adjusting values.

I added more highlights and shadows as well as started adding leaves to the background.  

Colored pencil on gray paper.  This has a lot of work left.  I melted the background a bit behind the top part of the flower.  I started adding leaves.  Needs details, background, and values.

Watercolor.  I started organizing and darkening the background.

I have added some highlights to the flower )scrubbing in one section, white gouache on the other).  I have organized a few more leaf shapes.  I will do more of the same until it looks complete.

Acrylic on paper.  I finished the brown value painting on his shirt and added some color to make his skin on his face.

The photo is a bit too white.  I added more skin color, added red to his hat.  I added red to make a pattern on his shirt.  I added green to the background.  I will continue adjusting values and adding details.

Colored pencil.  I finished the brown value study.  I added red to his hat, color to his skin.  Ans started adding a bit of blue to his hair and shirt.  I will continue layering colors, adjusting values, and adding details as I go.

Watercolor.  I finished the brown value under painting.  

I added red to his hat, color to his skin, and blue to his shirt.  I will add details and continue adjusting values.

Scratchboard and Pen & Ink (August 2014)I

I did a bit more work on the neck before class

I did a bit more removal on the neck.  I then mixed some color (scratchboard ink magenta and yellow and water).  I added color to the neck ans beak.  It needs more highlights scratched out.  The color is uneven from head to neck due to a glare while taking the photo.

Pen and ink bee - I did a bit more ink before class.

I did a bit of work before class and during class on the flower areas especially.  LOTS more to do.

I did this before class.  Scratched out a petal, a highlight on the branch, and used the steel wool to add texture to the background.  I then colored the background with the ink (blue, green, yellow).  There is a glare upper right.

I demonstrated the background during class.  I scratched the background with steel wool and then colored it with ink (green blue, yellow).  There is a glare bottom left.

I did an ink wash and then some pointillism.  I wet and washed ink on the background.  After it was dry I added ink to the shadows on the flower and stem. I then used a micron pen to start adding details with pointillism. 

Mixed Media Sertoma (August 2014)

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.

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.

I added a bit more ink, some colored pencil (and melted small areas).  I needs more work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Scratchboard and Pen & Ink Sertoma (August 2014)

Pen & Ink.  I added washes of the scratchboard ink (first magenta and then yellow) to the pen & ink piece.  Later I added more of the pen & ink.  I could have used watercolor in place of the inks.

Scratchboard.  I scratched a bit more and then used the Ampersand Scratchboard Ink to add color and then scratched a bit more to re-establish highlights.  There are other options for coloring including Inktense pencils, Faber Castell Pitt Brush Pens (as we learned today), and acrylic.  I'm sure there are other methods as well... 

Pen & Ink.  I added more ink.

Scratchboard - all I can say is that I have a LONG way to go...

Mixed Media Sertoma (August 2014)

Colored pencil over watercolor.  On this I showed how to apply and then 'melt' the colored pencil.  I used Goo Gone, but rubbing alcohol, Turpenoid, Gamsol, Bestine, and several others things will work on Prismacolor colored pencils to melt the wax.  I did this as the background was entirely too distracting.  I am still working on the background some.  I worked on the stem, the petals, and the middle of the flower adding detail and value.

Watercolor and gouache so far.  I added white gouache to the petal to lighten before adding other mediums.  I plan to use gouache on all the petals.

Colored pencil over watercolor.  This is an example from another class

Colored pencil and ink over watercolor.  I worked on the hat adding highlights, shadows, color, and details.  It needs a bit more work.

BAL Class (August 2014)

Acrylic on student grade watercolor paper (140 lb. cold press).  I used a reddish brown (mixed with the 3 primaries).  I transferred the drawing, wet the paper (damp, not real wet), and used thinned acrylic to paint in a value study of the man.  I will also do his clothes in the brown as well.

Colored pencil on light gray paper.  I used sienna brown to shade in the values.

Watercolor on 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper.  I transferred the drawing, wet the paper (damp, not real wet), and used burnt sienna to do a value study of the man.

BAL Class (August 2014)

Acrylic.  The eye, the one I messed in while it was wet, needs to be fixed, badly.  It is the wrong shape and the pupil is too low and disconnected.  I added details and values and toned down the background.  It has quite a bit of work left.

Colored pencil.  This is going well and just needs more work.  It is fairly far along.  I added values and details.  I have more work with the white (the white is not as garishly bright as the photo shows it to be).

watercolor.  I added details and values.  There are a few things that need correcting, but overall it is going well.  I added values and details and it still needs more values and details, but it is going well.

Acrylic.  I toned down the background a bit - darkening it in the front.  I added some details and values to the flower - it needs more of the same.  I also need to give it a stem and some leaves to anchor it.

Colored pencil.  I have darkened the background and added s nit more value and details to the flower.  it needs more detail and value on the flower and leaves. and of course the background needs to be completed.

Watercolor.  I removed the rubber cement and glazed with yellow over the background.  The flower need a lot more value and detail work and the background need to be organized.