This will be more than one post, since FB wont post in one. So here are the instructions and supply list. Supplies: Arches 140# watercolor pad Faber Castell watercolor pencils Water container #4, #8, #10 round brushes #14 flat brush, rigger brush, scrubber brush Maskoid Steven Quiller pallet Instructions: 1. I did the drawing with the watercolor pencils. (I just started doing this). Normally, I would use a graphite pencil, or drew the image onto paper and put graphite on the back and traced it onto the watercolor paper. It all works. 2. Mix grey: new Gamboge, quinocrodrone rose and cobalt blue. Use more blue to get a nice grey. 3. Mix a warm background color using burnt sienna and new Gamboge. 4. Going around the basic drawing, wet the entire background using the large flat brush. While still wet and using the warm mixture, paint the Background. 5. Let sit for a couple minutes. While damp, start laying down the grey mixture for the leaf shadows, also vase shadow. 6. Before the shine leaves the paper, sprinkle some salt onto background. 7. Let dry. DO NOT TOUCH until the paper is dry! Go get a cup of coffee or do a load of laundry. :-) 8. Mix some colorful leaf mixtures. 9. Start laying down some interesting arrangements of color. Light green, yellow, yellow orange, orange, etc. Varying the colors makes it more interesting and keeps the eye moving around the painting. I do a lot of layering; yellow first, then green. Or yellow first and once dry, add quinocrodrone rose for a glowing orange; Orange with a layer of New Gamboge over. Each layer should dry before adding the other color. Or, blending can occur directly on the paper as well. 10. Once dry, start to work on the berries and branches. I put a tiny drop of maskoid for the highlights, so that must be completely dry before adding the dark berry mixture. I used purple and dark blue mixed together. 11. A couple large drops of maskoid was also added on the vase for the highlights. Let dry. I used quinocrodrone gold, burnt sienna, orange and New Gamboge for the vase, following the variations shown on the picture. Small dots of blue for the spots on the vase. 12. After looking at the painting for an hour or so, I realized the vase looked like it was sitting in space. So I grounded it by adding a couple of the folds and darkening the left side with more shadow. Also added some variety in the foreground. All this AFTER I had signed it. But I really thought I was finished. Just goes to show, dont rush things! If you have questions, I would be happy to answer you. I hope you enjoyed the process and that you will give a try. I must admit, when I made this still life, I thought it would be a simple one. It was not easy, but its fun to have a challenge!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:40:20 +0000
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