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Author: Leslie_Pease, Contributing Editor
 | The next step was to translate my thoughts into a sketch. From that sketch, I made a decent line drawing.
The line drawing enables me to visualize the layout and make any adjustments to the composition. In this case, I decided that it would be better to omit the leaves on the radishes because there was already a lot of green. Once the line drawing is finished, it's time to transfer it onto the surface. This is easy to do. Here's a brief explanation on how to transfer; * Rub the back of the drawing with chalk. * Carefully place the drawing onto your surface * With a pencil, trace over the line drawing. (Pressing hard is not necessary.) If you are careful, the chalk shouldn't rub off and redrawing is not required. |
| Because this side was not an even surface, and there was an image beneath an image, it was difficult to use my normal chalk transfer method. In this case, I drew by hand what I saw on my line drawing, using watered down raw sienna paint. |  |
 | Here's the second half of the right side of the mailbox, showing the peas.
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| Here you can see the colors blocked in. This is basically the first of MANY many layers.
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 | As the layers build, details begin to also evolve. Although I try to work on the entire composition, at one time, in this photograph you can see the potatoes are fairly complete.
Notice how the mailbox's flag is orange. I plan to do a trompe l'oeil effect, making the flag virtually un-noticable unless raised |
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