This might sound like mysterious gobbledygook, but if we were sitting together, I would point out which of those places need which color and why. Next, I added purple over the top of the brown, and put it in new places that seemed to want it. Using a sharp point and a light touch, with tiny motions in order to get it into all the cracks and crevices of the cratery paper, I put brown everywhere that seemed right. Chew-Out, why is black manufactured if its use is forbidden?), I started with brown. Because someone somewhere sometime chewed me out for using black (Pray tell, Mr. My method of using color (and graphite) is to put down the darkest colors first. On my laptop, I enlarged the photo so that I could study the darks and lights in the chair. Because nobody cares if I match the shade of red exactlY, I chose the simplest, easiest to use set of twelve: Blackwing Colors. The first step was to decide which set of colored pencils to use. ADDING COLOR: A decision about which set of colored pencils to use The right edge is gray because either the scanner is lying about having a 12″ bed or the paper is lying about being 12″. Since you have slept since I showed you how to complete the graphite pencil part, here it is again. Today you will see what a piece of cake it is to add color to a little part of a pencil drawing. This is the drawing before I tackled it with Photoshop Junior to prepare it for eventual printing, which most likely won’t happen.Īnd this is after I converted it to grayscale and erased any errant lines or spots, most likely the result of a scanner screen that WILL NOT come clean, which is most likely the result of scanning paintings that aren’t quite dry, which is most likely the result of being in a hurry, which is most like the result of any number of unfortunate incidents such as not planning ahead, pulling weeds or taking walks instead of working, or choosing to draw something without a deadline instead of painting to build up inventory. What does commission mean? That’s another topic for another blog post. The customer isn’t commissioning me because she doesn’t know she is a customer. This one is considered to be Category #2. whatever I feel like painting or drawing. building up inventory of subjects that will prolly sell 4. I started several months ago, then set it aside because of paid work. (“Outta” is like “prolly” and “liberry”: words I like in spite of being an editor and a proofreader.)Īn acquaintance did me a big favor, so I am drawing her cabin. When I have a good reason and know the drawing will not simply be stored in my files, then get outta my way. I try to hold back, because my flat files are full. Sometimes I draw simply because I love to draw. It will take you to the blog on the internet. ![]() If you receive these posts in email and the pictures in the post don’t show for you, tap here.
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